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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

YELLOWWORT

YELLOWWORT Yel "low *wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata ). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.