Masterwort

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmɑːstÉ™wəːt/

Origin

From master + wort.

Full definition of masterwort

Noun

1. Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. from 16th c.
• 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 184: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.

Anagrams

• stormwater