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Moonwort   Listen
noun
Moonwort  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
(b)
Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. Botrychium Lunaria; so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.





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... In this incantation, again, we have the association with moonwort; and the connection is further illustrated in an old oracle ascribed to Hecate: 'From a root of wild rue fashion and polish a statue; adorn it with household lizards; grind myrrh, gum, and frankincense with the same reptiles, and let ...
— Storyology - Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore • Benjamin Taylor


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