moonwort

moonwort
    n 1: of America and Eurasia and Australia [syn: {moonwort},
         {common moonwort}, {Botrychium lunaria}]
    

Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF.
   honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas.
   See {Honest}, a.]
   1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness;
      decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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            She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness
      and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.;
      integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or
      guile.
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            That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
            godliness and honesty.                --1 Tim. ii.
                                                  2.
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   3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer.
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            To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's
            wife.                                 --Shak.
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   4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs
      having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of
      which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also
      {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common
      honesty; {Lunaria rediva} is perennial honesty.

   Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness;
        faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor;
        plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.
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Lunaria \Lunaria\ prop. n.
   A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family,
   including the herb {honesty} ({Lunaria annua}), which is also
   called {moonwort} and {lunary}.

   Syn: genus {Lunaria}.
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Moonwort \Moon"wort`\ (m[=oo]n"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
      (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See {Honesty}.
      (b) Any fern of the genus {Botrychium}, esp. {Botrychium
          Lunaria}; -- so named from the crescent-shaped
          segments of its frond.
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