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What is the difference between motherwort and wort?

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Wort is a derived term of motherwort.



As nouns the difference between motherwort and wort

is that motherwort is any of several perennial plants, of the genus Leonurus, used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders while wort is a plant; herb; vegetable.

motherwort

English

(wikipedia motherwort) (Leonurus)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Leonurus , used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders.
  • *1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 195:
  • *:Besides, it makes women joyful and mothers of children and settles their wombs as they should be; therefore we call it Motherwort .

    • wort

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plant; herb; vegetable.
  • *:
    • he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
  • * 1845 , Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works :
    • It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
  • Any of various plants or herbs.
    • Derived terms
    * (vern, adder's wort) * adderwort * (American lungwort) * (asterwort) * awlwort * banewort * barrenwort * (bearwort) * bellwort * birthwort * bishop's wort * bitterwort * bladderwort * blawort * bloodwort * blue navelwort * blue throatwort * blushwort * bogwort * boragewort * bridewort * brimstonewort * brotherwort * brownwort * bruisewort * bugwort * bullock's lungwort * bullwort * burstwort * butterwort * cancerwort * catwort * clown's ringwort * colewort * common ragwort * coralwort * cow's lungwort * crosswort * damewort * danewort * dragonwort * dropwort * (dungwort) * ebony spleenwort * elderwort * (European pillwort) * (fanwort) * felonwort * (feltwort) * felwort * feverwort * figwort * fleawort * (flukewort) * (French lungwort) * frostwort * fumewort * (galewort) * (garlicwort) * (gentianwort) * (German madwort) * (gipsywort) * glasswort * (golden lungwort) * (golden ragwort) * goutwort * (greater spearwort) * gutwort * gypsywort * hammerwort * hartwort * heathwort * hemlock dropwort * hillwort * hogwort * holewort * honewort * honeywort * hoodwort * hornwort * ironwort * kelpwort * kidneywort * knotwort * laserwort * lazarwort * leadwort * lesser spearwort * lichwort * lilywort * liverwort * lousewort * lungwort * lustwort * madderwort * madwort * maidenhair spleenwort * mallowwort * marsh pennywort * marshwort * masterwort * maudlinwort * maywort * meadowwort * milkwort * miterwort * mitrewort * modiwort * moneywort * moonwort * moorwort * motherwort * moudiewort * moudiwort * mountain spiderwort * (mowdiewort) * mudwort * mugwort * (mulewort) * (nailwort) * navelwort * (nettlewort) * nipplewort * (peachwort) * pearlwort * pennywort * pepperwort * (peterwort) * pilewort * pillwort * pipewort * quillwort * quinsywort * rattlewort * ribwort * rosewort * rupturewort * saltwort * sandwort * sawwort * scorpionwort * scurvywort * sea lungwort * sea milkwort * sea ragwort * sea sandwort * sea starwort * setterwort * sicklewort * sleepwort * slipperwort * sneezewort * soapwort * sparrowwort * spearwort * spiderwort * spleenwort * spoonwort * springwort * spurwort * * * * * stabwort * staggerwort * staithwort * standerwort * starwort * staverwort * stinkwort * stitchwort * stonewort * strapwort * sulphurwort * swallowwort * sweetwort * talewort * tetterwort * thoroughwort * throatwort * thrumwort * toothwort * (towerwort) * (tree lungwort) * (trophywort) * (wall pennywort) * wallwort * wartwort * water dropwort * water figwort * water pennywort * (water starwort) * waterwort * (white navelwort) * (white swallowwort) * (willowwort) * woundwort * (yellow starwort) * yellowwort

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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer

    • See also

    * (wikipedia)

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