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Webster 1913 Edition


Starchwort

Starch′wortˊ

(-wûrtˊ)
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Noun.
(Bot.)
The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
3.
Resembling starch; stiff.
5.
Formal in manner; precise.

Syn. – starch.

Definition 2024


starchwort

starchwort

English

Noun

starchwort (plural starchworts)

  1. The plant cuckoopint, the tubers of which were once used to make starch