sulphurwort
(ˈsʌlfəwɜːt)
[f. sulphur n. + wort. Cf. G. schwefelwurz.]
An umbelliferous plant, Peucedanum officinale, having pale-yellow flowers; hog's fennel.
marsh sulphurwort, P. palustre.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 298 Of Horestrange or Sulphurwort. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. ccccx. 896 Sulphurwoort or Hogs Fennell, hath a stiffe and hard stalke full of knees or knots. 1627 May Lucan ix. 1049 Sicilian Thapsos burn'd with Sulphurwort. 1777 Jacob Cat. Plants 83. 1858 Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 596. 1906 Essex Rev. XV. 167 The rare sulphur-wort..is still abundant at Landermere. |