motherwort

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

motherwort
    n 1: bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins
         having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers [syn:
         {motherwort}, {Leonurus cardiaca}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=a]l`) n. (Bot.)
   A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a
   fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a
   lion's tail. {Leonurus Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) A labiate herb ({Leonurus Cardiaca}), of a bitter taste,
       used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.
   (b) The mugwort. See {Mugwort}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. {Midge}.] (Bot.)
   A somewhat aromatic composite weed ({Artemisia vulgaris}), at
   one time used medicinally; -- called also {motherwort}.
   [1913 Webster]

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