bishop's-wort

English

Alternative forms

• bishop's wort

Noun

bishop's-wort (uncountable)

1. betony (Stachys betonica, now Stachys officinalis)
2. fennel flower or devil-in-the-bush (Nigella damascena)

Synonyms

• (Stachys officinalis): purple betony, bishopwort, wild hop, common hedgenettle

References

• “bishop's-wort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bishop's-wort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.