▪ I. ˈlime-wort1
[f. lime n.1 + wort.]
† 1. The Catchfly, Silene Armeria. [So called because covered with a sticky substance.] Obs.
| 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxxvi. (1633) 600 This plant called viscaria or Lyme-woort. |
2. The Childing Pink, Dianthus prolifer. [So called from often growing on old mortar.]
| 1777 Robson Brit. Flora 99. |
▪ II. ˈlime-wort2, limpwort
[f. *lime, *lempe (OE. hleomece) in brooklime, brooklempe.]
The Brooklime, Veronica Beccabunga.
| 1666 Merrett Pinax 6 Anagallis, sive Becabunga Brooklime..ab Herefordensibus Limpwort. 1851 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 5 July 149 The knapweed..the willow-herb and the lime-wort unfolding their simple many-coloured beauties. |