['maitәˏwә:t]
n.
<美>=mitrewort

[ noun ]
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
<noun.plant>

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.

{False miterwort}, a white-flowered perennial herb of the
United States ({Tiarella cardifolia}).

mitrewort \mitrewort\ n.
Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus
{Mitella} having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter. [Also
spelled {miterwort}.]

Syn: miterwort, bishop's cap.
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