masterwort
nounUK /ˈmɑːstəwəːt/
Etymology From master + wort.
1
Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes.
- The root of Masterwort is hotter than Pepper, and very available in all cold griefs and diseases both of stomach and body, dissolving very powerfully upward and downward.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 184:
2
Astrantia spp., such as the great masterwort.
3
Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).