felwort

felwort
fel·wort (fĕlʹwûrt', -wôrt') n.
An annual gentian (Gentianella amarella) having small, lilac to creamy white flowers with fringed corollas.
  [Middle English *feldwort, from Old English feldwyrt: feld, field; see field + wyrt, wort; see wort1.]

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