Associations to the word «Birthwort»

Wiktionary

BIRTHWORT, noun. Certain plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
BIRTHWORT, noun. Birthroot, Trillium erectum

Dictionary definition

BIRTHWORT, noun. Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope