Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

felwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fel-wort
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of any species in genus Swertia.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"On 31st July 1990 seven plants of a small felwort, Gentianella amarella (L.) Boerner, were discovered by the writer growing in short, sheep-grazed Festuca – Sesleria grassland at Kettlewell. Unlike our usual felwort which has blue flowers, these plants had the corolla white on the inside with a maroon outer surface and fitted exactly the description of Gentianella amarella ssp. septentrionalis (Druce) N. Pritch. This determination was subsequently confirmed by Dr Noel Pritchard, BSBI referee for Gentianaceae."

Etymology

Probably a corruption of fieldwort.

Usage

Inflected Forms

felworts (plural) fellwort (alternative) felwoort (alternative)

Synonyms

gentianella amarella

Questions

What does felwort mean?: A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
Where does felwort come from?: Probably a corruption of fieldwort.

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