honewort


hone·wort

H0262600 (hōn′wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of several plants in the parsley family having umbels of small white flowers, especially Cryptotaenia canadensis of North America and East Asia and Trinia glauca of Eurasia.
[Originally a name for the umbelliferous plant Petroselinum segetum : obsolete dialectal hone, a swelling (from its use in treating tumors in folk medecine) + wort.]

honewort

(ˈhəʊnˌwɜːt) n1. (Plants) a European umbelliferous plant, Trinia glauca, with clusters of small white flowers2. (Plants) any of several similar and related plants[C17: apparently from obsolete dialect hone a swelling, of obscure origin; the plant was believed to relieve swellings]

hone•wort

(ˈhoʊnˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any of several plants of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, esp. C.canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers. [1625–35; hone (of obscure orig.) + wort2]