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moon⋅wort

  [moon-wurt, -wawrt]
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–noun
1. any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. lunaria, a rare fern having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets.
2. honesty (def. 4).
Origin:
1570–80; moon + wort 2
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grape fern  
n.  Any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, having a fertile frond bearing small, grapelike clusters of spore cases. Also called moonwort.
moon·wort   (mōōn'wûrt', -wŏrt')   
n.  See grape fern.
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