false miterwort

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

false miterwort
    n 1: plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on
         leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California
         and east to Montana [syn: {false miterwort}, {false
         mitrewort}, {Tiarella unifoliata}]
    2: stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
       [syn: {foamflower}, {coolwart}, {false miterwort}, {false
       mitrewort}, {Tiarella cordifolia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Miterwort \Mi"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   Any plant of the genus {Mitella}, -- slender, perennial herbs
   with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's
   cap.
   [1913 Webster]

   {False miterwort}, a white-flowered perennial herb of the
      United States ({Tiarella cardifolia}).
      [1913 Webster]

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