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THROATWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does throatwort mean?
• THROATWORT (noun)
The noun THROATWORT has 1 sense:
1. European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
Familiarity information: THROATWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Campanula trachelium; nettle-leaved bellflower; throatwort
Hypernyms ("throatwort" is a kind of...):
bellflower; campanula (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)
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