[hohn-wurt, -wawrt] 
| any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, esp. C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers. |
| hone·wort (hōn'wûrt', -wôrt') n. An eastern North American perennial plant (Cryptotaenia canadensis) having umbels of small whitish flowers and compound leaves with larger, double serrate leaflets. [Perhaps obsolete dialectal hone, a swelling (from its use in treating tumors) + wort1.] |
