damewort

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damewort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for
     its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; --
     called also rocket and dame's violet. --Loudon.
     [1913 Webster]