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Meaning of MOONWORT

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  of America and Eurasia and Australia
 
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 Synonyms: Botrychium lunaria, common moonwort
 
 See Also: grape fern

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Moon"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See {Honesty}.
   (b) Any fern of the genus {Botrychium}, esp. {B. Lunaria};
       -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its
       frond.
 
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