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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of two species of Mitella (M. diphylla and M. nuda), natural order Saxifragaceæ, which are natives of the United States: so called from the form of the pod. Also called
miterwort .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The plant
miterwort .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
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