thoroughwort
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thoroughwort
Example Sentences
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Two of the specimens were Mohr’s thoroughwort, which had been seen only in the eastern United States plus south Louisiana and the adjoining part of Texas.
From Seattle Times
Cure.—Fomentations of marshmallows; a light diet of scalded shorts; an occasional drink of thoroughwort tea.
From Project Gutenberg
She could not bear the taste of bitter things, and this boneset, or thoroughwort, had the very bitterest taste she had ever encountered.
From Project Gutenberg
The girls and the mother dug and sold dandelion greens, dock, 32 and thoroughwort and other old-fashioned simples.
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The walls were hung with old clothes and dried herbs,—catnip and tansy and thoroughwort.
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