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Noun: mitrewort  'mI-tu(r),wurt
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: miterwort)
  1. Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's mitre
    "The delicate flowers of the mitrewort resembled tiny bishop's hats";
    - miterwort [US], bishop's cap

Derived forms: mitreworts

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Mitella, Mitella

Encyclopedia: Mitrewort