ironwort

English

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Etymology

iron +‎ wort

Noun

ironwort (usually uncountable, plural ironworts)

1. A herb of several species in the genus Sideritis, formerly believed to heal sword cuts.
2. Galeopsis ladanum, red hemp-nettle.

Derived terms

• false ironwort

Translations

a herb in the genus Sideritis

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: raudakki (fi)
• French: crapaudine (fr) f, fer à cheval (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gliedkraut n, Bergtee m
• Greek:

  Ancient: σιδηρῖτις f (sidērîtis)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: mascarenna f, siderite (it) f
• Russian: желе́зница (ru) f (želéznica)
• Serbo-Croatian: šarplaninski čaj m (in all of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia)
• Spanish: té de monte m, té del puerto m
• Swedish: sårmynta c
• Turkish: dağçayı

References

• “ironwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.