ironwort

English

Etymology

iron +‎ wort

Noun

ironwort (usually uncountable, plural ironworts)

A herb of several species in the genus Sideritis, formerly believed to heal sword cuts.
Galeopsis ladanum, red hemp-nettle.

Derived terms

false ironwort

Translations

a herb in the genus Sideritis

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: raudakki (fi)
French: crapaudine (fr) f, fer à cheval (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Gliedkraut n, Bergtee m
Greek:
Ancient: σιδηρῖτις f (sidērîtis)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Italian: mascarenna f, siderite (it) f
Russian: желе́зница (ru) f (želéznica)
Serbo-Croatian: šarplaninski čaj m (in all of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia)
Spanish: té de monte m, té del puerto m
Swedish: sårmynta c
Turkish: dağçayı

References

“ironwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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