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miterwort

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter of the arctic and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mitrewort, bishop's cap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: fairy cup, Mitella diphylla, five-point bishop's cap, Mitella pentandra

History

Etymology

From miter + wort.