motherwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
    Leonurus cardiaca.

WordNet


Moth"er*wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. (b) The mugwort. See Mugwort.

Webster 1913