moonwortとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From moon +‎ wort.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmuːnwəːt/

名詞

moonwort (plural moonworts)

1. A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus. [from 15th c.]
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 194:

     Moonwort is an herb which they say will open locks, and unshoe such horses as tread upon it.

2. (now US, UK regional) Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as honesty and annual honesty. [from 16th c.]

参照

• Botrychium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “moonwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• Moortown