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单词 moonwort
释义

moonwort

[ moon-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈmunˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

any fern of the genus Botrychium, especially B. lunaria, a rare fern having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets.
honesty (def. 4).

Origin of moonwort

First recorded in 1570–80; moon + wort2

Words nearby moonwort

moonshot, moonstone, moonstruck, moonwalk, moonward, moonwort, moony, moor, moorage, moorbird, moorburn
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Example sentences from the Web for moonwort

  • I have the wild rosehip, and the flat shield of the moonwort, and a pea-pod, and more whose names I know not.

    The Dove in the Eagle's Nest|Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Moonwort has (or perhaps had) a miraculous effect on iron, with power to open locks or unshoe horses.

    Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote

British Dictionary definitions for moonwort

moonwort
/ (ˈmuːnˌwɜːt) /

noun

Also called (US): grape fern any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, esp B. lunaria, which has crescent-shaped leaflets
another name for honesty (def. 4)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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