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mitrewort

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mi⋅tre⋅wort

  [mahy-ter-wurt, -wawrt]
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–noun Chiefly British.
miterwort.

mi⋅ter⋅wort

  [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 + wort 2
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mitrewort

noun
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter [syn: miterwort] 
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