spearwort
nounEtymology From Middle English sperwort, sperewort, from Old English sperewyrt, i.e. spear + wort.
1
Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.
- Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.1757, John Dyer, “Book I”, in The Fleece: A Poem […] , London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 40:
- Derived terms
- adder's-tongue spearwort, creeping spearwort, greater spearwort, great spearwort, lesser spearwort, low spearwort, water-plantain spearwort, water spearwort