(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:29:37

Yel"low*wort` (?), n. Bot.

A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.

 

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