LOUSEWORT

Meaning of LOUSEWORT in English

Pronunciation: ' lau ̇ s- ˌ w ə rt, - ˌ wo ̇ rt

Function: noun

Date: 1597

: any of a genus ( Pedicularis ) of semiparasitic herbs of the snapdragon family typically having pinnatifid leaves and bilabiate flowers in terminal spikes

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LOUSEWORT — noun Date: 1597 any of a genus ( Pedicularis ) of semiparasitic herbs of the snapdragon family typically having pinnatifid …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOUSEWORT — Any of about 500 species of herbaceous plants that make up the genus Pedicularis in the snapdragon family . The …
Английский словарь Британика
LOUSEWORT — ˈ69 ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a plant of the genus Pedicularis formerly reputed to cause sheep feeding upon it to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOUSEWORT — (n.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it …
Английский словарь Webster
LOUSEWORT — ( n. ) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOUSEWORT — /lows"werrt', -wawrt'/ , n. any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOUSEWORT — n. (Botany) perennial herbaceous plant with spikes of flowers that grows in damp environments
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LOUSEWORT — noun Date: 1597 : any of a genus ( Pedicularis ) of semiparasitic herbs of the snapdragon family typically having …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOUSEWORT — noun any species of pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. it was said to make sheep that fed on it …
Webster English vocab
LOUSEWORT — ■ noun a partially parasitic herbaceous plant, typically favouring damp habitats and formerly reputed to harbour lice. [Genus Pedicularis : …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOUSEWORT — [louse.wort] n (1597): any of a genus (Pedicularis) of herbs of the snapdragon family typically having pinnatifid leaves and bilabiate …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOUSEWORT — herbaceous plant of the genus Pedicularis (family Scrophulariaceae; see Scrophulariales), which contains about 500 species found throughout the Northern Hemisphere …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOUSEWORT — n. any plant of the genus Pedicularis with purple-pink flowers found in marshes and wet places.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOUSEWORT — n. any plant of the genus Pedicularis with purple-pink flowers found in marshes and wet places.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOUSEWORT — n. any plant of the genus Pedicularis with purple-pink flowers found in marshes and wet places.
Oxford English vocab
LOUSEWORT — n. Any of about 500 species of herbaceous plants that make up the genus Pedicularis in the snapdragon family . …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOUSEWORT — вшивица
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOUSEWORT — вшивица
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LOUSEWORT — бот. мытник (Pedicularis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LOUSEWORT — бот. мытник ( Pedicularis )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LOUSEWORT — мытник (Pedicularis L.)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
LOUSEWORT — вшивица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAME LOUSEWORT — noun : a lousewort ( Pedicularis flammea ) of arctic America and Europe with crimson-purple flowers
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALPINE LOUSEWORT — noun : a white-flowered perennial herb ( Pedicularis contorta ) found on mountains of western No. America
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FURBISH LOUSEWORT — /ferr"bish/ . See under lousewort . [ 1975-80; after Kate Furbish (1834-1931), U.S. botanist, its discoverer ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOOD BETONY — noun Etymology: Middle English betone, from Anglo-French betoine, from Latin vettonica, betonica, from Vettones, an ancient people inhabiting the Iberian …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RATTLE — I. ˈrad. ə l, -at ə l verb ( rattled ; rattled ; rattling -d. ə liŋ, -t( ə )l- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOD BETONY — noun 1. : a common betony ( Stachys betonica ) 2. : a lousewort ( Pedicularis canadensis ) of eastern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAFFLES — -fəlz noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: from plural of snaffle (I) ; from the shape of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEDICULARIS — pə̇ˌdikyəˈla(a)rə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin ( herba ) pedicularis lousewort : a large genus of hemiparasitic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDIAN WARRIOR — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2; from its brilliant red crest : a lousewort (especially Pedicularis densiflora …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEPHANT'S-HEAD — noun or elephant head | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ( plural elephant's heads ) Etymology: so called from the shape of the corolla : …
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