marshwort
(ˈmɑːʃwɜːt)
[See marsh n.1 and wort.]
The umbelliferous plant Helosciadium (Sium) nodiflorum.
| 1776 Withering Bot. Arrangem. Vegetables I. 127 Marshwort, Samolus. 1897 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Dec. 617 Procumbent marsh-wort, Helosciadium nodiflorum, is a plant with the habit of watercress. |
¶ An error for marsh or marish whort (see marish 2 b).
| 1864 Prior Plant-n. 146. |