Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An annual plant (Lapsana communis) in the composite family, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, having small yellow flower heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant, Lapsana communis: so called from its remedial use. See
Lapsana and cress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (
Lampsana communis ), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called alsodock-cress .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
flowering plant , Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From its former use in folk medicine to treat breast tumors.]
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Examples
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In rougher, gloriously weedy places, I don't remember watching as many gold-banded hoverflies fiddling with the nipplewort.
qroqqa commented on the word nipplewort
A yellow-on-yellow composite. I spotted this in Fitzroy Park in Highgate and subsequently identified it by its differing-shaped leaves as they go up the stalk.
July 3, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word nipplewort
This plant has milky juice.
May 9, 2011
yarb commented on the word nipplewort
Did you milk it?
May 9, 2011