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Definition of Mitrewort
1. Noun. Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mitella, Mitella
Specialized synonyms: Fairy Cup, Mitella Diphylla, Five-point Bishop's Cap, Mitella Pentandra
Definition of Mitrewort
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitrewort
Literary usage of Mitrewort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"It is nearly related to the true mitrewort, and has a somewhat similar appearance.
Its flower stem rises about eight inches above the ground. ..."
2. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"mitrewort. 2. M. nuda. L. Bishop's Cap. 3. M. pentandra. Hook. ... Alpine mitrewort.
IX. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. (Tourn.) L. t. C. tetrandrum. Fries. ..."
3. Modern Nature Study: A First Book for Use in Canadian Schools by S. Silcox (1902)
"The beauty of the mitrewort is in its feathery petals, which form a star-shaped,
five-rayed snowflake of a flower, quite different from the flower of the ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia); mitrewort or Bishop's-cap (Mitella); Alum Root
or Coral Bells (Heuchera); Saxifrage and Strawberry Geranium (Saxifraga). ..."
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