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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
motherwort
    n 1: bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins
         having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers [syn:
         motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=a]l`) n. (Bot.)
   A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a
   fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a
   lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste,
       used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.
   (b) The mugwort. See Mugwort.
       [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.)
   A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at
   one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.
   [1913 Webster]

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