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miltwaste

noun

Etymology

From milt + waste.

  1. derived from vastō
  2. derived from *wāsto-✻ — “empty, wasted”
  3. derived from *wōstijan✻ — “to waste”
  4. derived from waster — “to waste, devastate”
  5. inherited from wasten
  6. compounded as miltwaste — “milt + waste”

Definitions

  1. A small European fern (Asplenium ceterach) formerly used in medicine.

The neighborhood

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