nipplewort

1 definition found

nipplewort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nipplewort \Nip"ple*wort`\ (n[i^]p"p'l*w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
     A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis),
     formerly used as an external application to the nipples of
     women; -- called also dock-cress.
     [1913 Webster]