pigwort
/ˈpɪɡwəːt/rare
noun
A plant (not identified).
- In later (US ) use perhaps a variant of, or error for, pigweed or figwort..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in George Gascoigne (d. 1577), author and soldier. From pig + wort. Perhaps compare pigweed.
- maiden cane
- maiden-child
- maiden feast
- maiden flight
- maidenhair
- maidenhair berry
- maidenhair fern
- maidenhair spleenwort
- maidenhair tree
- maidenhead
- maidenhood
- maidenish
- maiden-like
- maidenliness
- maidenly
- maiden name
- maiden of honor
- maiden of honour
- maiden over
- maiden pink
- maiden's blush
- maiden speech
- maiden's water
- maiden's wreath
- maiden-thought