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Webster 1913 Edition

Barrenwort

Bar′ren-wortˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (
Epimedium alpinum
), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barrenwort

BAR'RENWORT

,
Noun.
[See Wort.] A plant, constituting the genus Epimedium, of which the alpinum is the only species; a low herbaceous plant, with a creeping root, having many stalks, each of which has three flowers.

Definition 2025

barrenwort

barrenwort

English

Epimedium alpinum

Wikispecies

Noun

barrenwort ‎(usually uncountable, plural barrenworts)

  1. A herb, Epimedium alpinum, once thought to prevent conception

Etymology

barren +‎ wort

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