Bearwort
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum. uncountable
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English berewort, either borrowed from Middle Low German bērwort or reflecting Old English *berawurt, *beranwurt; in either case, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *beranwurti and by surface analysis, bear + wort.
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