(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:00:35

Pile"wort` (?), n. Bot.

A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.

Forsyth.

 

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