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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (Euphorbia) and the nipplewort (Lapsana communis), formerly believed to cure warts. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

wartweeddevil's milkeuphorbia helioscopiasun spurgesun spurgewartweed

Etymology

From Middle English wartwort, wertewert, wrotwort, equivalent to wart + wort.

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