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miterwort

[mahy-ter-wurt, -wawrt]

noun

any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter.

Also, especially British, mitrewort.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; miter + wort²

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miterwort (ˈmaɪtəˌwɜːt)

—n
	the US spelling of mitrewort

mitrewort or (US) miterwort (ˈmaɪtəˌwɜːt)

—n
	Also called: bishop's-cap any of several Asian and North American saxifragaceous plants of the genus Mitella, having clusters of small white flowers and capsules resembling a bishop's mitre

miterwort or (US) miterwort

—n

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