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pilewort

[pahyl-wurt, -wawrt]
noun
  1. Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
  2. a North American figwort, Scrophularia marilandica, having small, greenish flowers.
  3. lesser celandine.
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Origin of pilewort

1570–80; pile4 + wort1, so called from its use in medicine
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British Dictionary definitions for pilewort

pilewort

noun
  1. any of several plants, such as lesser celandine, thought to be effective in treating piles
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