barrenwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover
    Epimedium grandiflorum; bishop's hat.

WordNet


Bar"ren*wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

Webster 1913