Moonwort

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmuːnwəːt/

Origin

From moon + wort.

Full definition of moonwort

Noun

1. A small fern, (); later, any member of the genus. from 15th c.
• 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 194:Moonwort is an herb which they say will open locks, and unshoe such horses as tread upon it.
2. (now US, UK regional) Honesty, (). from 16th c.