nipplewort

nipplewort
nip·ple·wort (nĭpʹəl-wûrt', -wôrt') n.
A European annual plant (Lapsana communis) naturalized in eastern North America, having a milky juice and small yellow flower heads.
  [From its former use in folk medicine to treat breast tumors.]

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  • Lampsana communis — Nipplewort Nip ple*wort (n[i^]p p l*w[^u]rt ), n. (Bot.) A yellow flowered composite herb ({Lampsana communis}), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; called also {dock cress}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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