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nip⋅ple⋅wort

[nip-uhl-wurt, -wawrt]
–noun
a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
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nip·ple·wort   (nĭp'əl-wûrt', -wôrt')   
n.  A European annual plant (Lapsana communis) naturalized in eastern North America, having a milky juice and small yellow flower heads.

[From its former use in folk medicine to treat breast tumors.]
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