See Also: woundwort(medicine)
woundwort(dictionary)

woundwort (iou)



woundwort noun. M16.
[from WOUND noun + WORT noun1.]
Any of various plants which have been used to heal wounds; esp. a labiate plant of the genus Stachys, the members of which bear whorls of freq. purple, pink, or red flowers in spikelike inflorescences.
Saracen's woundwort: see SARACEN noun.