felwort
(ˈfɛlwɜːt)
[OE. feldwyrt, f. feld field + wyrt root.]
a. Gentiana lutea, and other species of gentian. b. Swertia perennis.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 110 Ðeos wyrt þe man ᵹentianam & oðrum naman feld-wyrt nemneþ. 1516 Grete Herball lxxxvi. L v b, De gentiane, felwort or baldymony. 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. xii. 332 Gentian is called..in English Felworte. 1641 French Distill. ii. (1651) 46 Take of..the leaves of Fel-wort. 1756 Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 820 Dwarf Autumnal Gentian, or Fellwort. 1878–86 Britten & Holland Plant-n., Felwort, Gentiana Amarella..and other species of gentian. |
| b. 1820 T. Green Univ. Herb. II. 640 Swertia Perennis, Marsh Swertia or Felwort. |