lousewort

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlaʊsˌwɜːt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lous′wûrt′, -wôrt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
louse•wort  (lous′wûrt′, -wôrt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort,) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
  • louse + wort2 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lousewort /ˈlaʊsˌwɜːt/ n
  1. any of various N temperate scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Pedicularis, having spikes of white, yellow, or mauve flowers
'lousewort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
betony - Furbish lousewort - Indian warrior - wood betony

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