noun
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
• Syn: ↑mitrewort, ↑bishop's cap
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms: ↑fairy cup, ↑Mitella diphylla, ↑five-point bishop's cap, ↑Mitella pentandra
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mitella, ↑genus Mitella
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noun also mitrewort \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ (-s)1. : any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs that constitute the genus Mitella and have a capsule resembling a bishop's miter — called also bishop's cap; see fairy cap
2. : any of various white-flowered annual herbs constituting a genus (Cynoctonum) of the family Loganiaceae; especially : a plant (C. mitreola) of the southeastern United States
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/muy"teuhr werrt', -wawrt'/, n.
any of several plants belonging to the genus Mitella, of the saxifrage family, having a capsule that resembles a bishop's miter.
Also, esp. Brit., mitrewort.
[1810-20, Amer.; MITER + WORT2]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.