† ˈlightwort Obs.
[f. lights) + wort.]
= lungwort. sea lightwort, ? Mertensia maritima.
| 1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle (1596) 18 Mixe the pouder of light wort (which growes among stones or on Okes, like a dried turfe nigh the ground) with [etc.]. Ibid. 267 Pomelle, so called in French, in Latin Consiligo, which I take to be the hearb called lightwort or comphere. 1770 Sir J. Hill Herb. Brit. II. 163 Pneumaria Maritima, Sea Lightwort. |