Search Result for "false_miterwort":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana;
[syn: false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella unifoliata]

2. stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant;
[syn: foamflower, coolwart, false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Miterwort \Mi"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. [1913 Webster] False miterwort, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States (Tiarella cardifolia). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

false miterwort n 1: plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana [syn: false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella unifoliata] 2: stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant [syn: foamflower, coolwart, false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia]