motherwort

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motherwort - 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.
     [1913 Webster]

  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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  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]

motherwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]