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louse·wort

(lous′wûrt′, -wôrt′)

Any of numerous hemiparasitic plants of the genus Pedicularis, having spikes of irregular, usually hooded or beaked flowers.

[From the belief that sheep feeding on it were prone to lice.]

lousewort

(ˈlaʊsˌwɜːt)

(Plants) any of various N temperate scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Pedicularis, having spikes of white, yellow, or mauve flowers. See also betony³

louse•wort

(ˈlaʊsˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n.

any plant of the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, with pinnate leaves of yellow or purple flowers.

Translations

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