mitre-wort
(ˈmaɪtəwɜːt)
[f. mitre n.1 + wort.]
A book-name for the genus mitella. false mitre-wort: a plant of the genus Tiarella.
| 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. App. 176/2 Tiarella cordifolia, (mitre-wort). 1856 Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 145 Mitella, Mitre-wort. Tiarella, False Mitre-wort. |