noun
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
• Syn: ↑miterwort, ↑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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nounsee miterwort
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/muy"teuhr werrt', -wawrt'/, n. Chiefly Brit.
miterwort.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.