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Miterwort   Listen
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Miterwort  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).






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... foam-flowers are most conspicuous in the forest when seen against their unevenly colored leaves that carpet the ground. A relative, the true Miterwort or Bishop's Cap (Mittella diphylla), with similar foliage, except that two opposite leaves may be found almost seated near the middle of its hairy stem, has its flowers rather distantly scattered on the raceme, and their fine petals deeply cut like fringe. ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al



Words linked to "Miterwort" :   herbaceous plant, Mitella, genus Mitella, Mitella diphylla, mitrewort, fairy cup, false miterwort, bishop's cap, five-point bishop's cap, Mitella pentandra



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