stubwort
(ˈstʌbwɜːt)
[f. stub n. + wort. Cf. stab-wort stab n.1 5, stob-wort.]
The Wood-sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.
| 1541 Bk. Properties Herbs A vj, This herbe Alleluya men call it wodsore or stubworte. 1583 L. M[ascall] Prof. Bk. Remedies 3 Take an hearbe called wood sorrel, or stubwort which..groweth in woods, in bushes & stubs of old trees. 1614 Markham Cheap & Gd. Husb. Table for hard Words, Stubwort is an hearbe which growes in wooddy places, and is called wood-Sorrell. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1106/2 Stubwort, Oxalis acetosella. |