masterwort

2 definitions found

masterwort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant
         (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria).
     (b) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant
         with a showy colored involucre.
     (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).
         [1913 Webster]

masterwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  masterwort
      n 1: any plant of the genus Astrantia [syn: astrantia,
           masterwort]