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barrenwort

noun

Etymology

From barren + wort.

  1. inherited from *wréh₂ds✻ — “a root”
  2. inherited from *wrōts✻ — “a root”
  3. inherited from *wurti✻ — “a root; a spice”
  4. inherited from wyrt — “a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”
  5. inherited from wort
  6. compounded as barrenwort — “barren + wort”

Definitions

  1. A herb, Epimedium alpinum, once thought to prevent conception.

    • “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA