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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WARTWORT

n.A plant of the genus Euphorbia or spurge, which is studded with hard warty knobs; also, a plant of the genus Heliotropium, and another of the genus Lapsana.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WARTWORT

WARTWORT Wart "wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia ), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis ).