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miterwort
mi·ter·wort M0350100 (mī′tər-wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of several North American plants of the genus Mitella, having heart-shaped leaves and clusters of small white flowers with fringed petals. Also called bishop's cap.
[From the shape of its capsule.]miterwort (ˈmaɪtəˌwɜːt) n (Plants) the US spelling of mitrewortmi•ter•wort (ˈmaɪ tərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)
n. any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter. [1810–20, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  miterwort - any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miterbishop's cap, mitrewortherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Mitella, Mitella - genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petalsMitella diphylla, fairy cup - miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowersfive-point bishop's cap, Mitella pentandra - small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado |
miterwort
miterwort: see saxifragesaxifrage
, common name for several members of the Saxifragaceae, a family of widely varying herbs, shrubs, and small trees of cosmopolitan distribution. They are found especially in north temperate zones and include many arctic and alpine species.
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Related to miterwort: Mitella, Mitella diphyllaSynonyms for miterwortnoun any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miterSynonymsRelated Words- herb
- herbaceous plant
- genus Mitella
- Mitella
- Mitella diphylla
- fairy cup
- five-point bishop's cap
- Mitella pentandra
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