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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROSSWORT

CROSSWORT Cross "wort ` (-wrt `), n. (Bot. )

Defn: A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.

New American Oxford Dictionary

crosswort

crosswort |ˈkrɒswəːt | ▶noun a yellow-flowered European plant related to the bedstraws, with leaves arranged in a cross or whorl of four. ●Cruciata laevipes, family Rubiaceae.

Oxford Dictionary

crosswort

crosswort |ˈkrɒswəːt | ▶noun a yellow-flowered European plant related to the bedstraws, with leaves arranged in a cross or whorl of four. ●Cruciata laevipes, family Rubiaceae.