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Meaning of "yellowwort" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF YELLOWWORT

yellowwort  [ˈjɛləʊˌwɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YELLOWWORT

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Yellowwort is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YELLOWWORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of yellowwort in the English dictionary

The definition of yellowwort in the dictionary is a gentianaceous perennial, Blackstonia perfoliata, that is related to centaury and has waxy grey foliage and yellow flowers: characteristically found on chalk turf.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YELLOWWORT


bladderwort
ˈblædəˌwɜːt
figwort
ˈfɪɡˌwɜːt
hornwort
ˈhɔːnˌwɜːt
liverwort
ˈlɪvəˌwɜːt
lungwort
ˈlʌŋˌwɜːt
milkwort
ˈmɪlkˌwɜːt
moneywort
ˈmʌnɪˌwɜːt
motherwort
ˈmʌðəˌwɜːt
mugwort
ˈmʌɡˌwɜːt
pennywort
ˈpɛnɪˌwɜːt
quillwort
ˈkwɪlˌwɜːt
ragwort
ˈræɡˌwɜːt
rupturewort
ˈrʌptʃəˌwɜːt
soapwort
ˈsəʊpˌwɜːt
spearwort
ˈspɪəˌwɜːt
spiderwort
ˈspaɪdəˌwɜːt
spleenwort
ˈspliːnˌwɜːt
swallowwort
ˈswɒləʊˌwɜːt
thoroughwort
ˈθʌrəˌwɜːt
woundwort
ˈwuːndˌwɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YELLOWWORT

yellowhammer
yellowhead
yellowish
yellowishness
Yellowknife
yellowlegs
yellowly
yellowness
yellows
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Falls
Yellowstone National Park
yellowtail
yellowtail kingfish
yellowtail moth
yellowthroat
yellowware
yellowweed
yellowwood
yellowy

WORDS THAT END LIKE YELLOWWORT

awlwort
barrenwort
birthwort
coralwort
dropwort
glasswort
leadwort
lousewort
masterwort
ribwort
Saint John´s wort
saltwort
sandwort
setterwort
starwort
stitchwort
sulphurwort
toothwort
wallwort
wort

Synonyms and antonyms of yellowwort in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «yellowwort» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Hindi

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Translator English - Portuguese

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Translator English - Malay

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Translator English - German

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Translator English - Japanese

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Translator English - Korean

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Translator English - Javanese

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Translator English - Tamil

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Translator English - Marathi

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Translator English - Turkish

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Translator English - Italian

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Translator English - Polish

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Translator English - Ukrainian

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Translator English - Romanian

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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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Trends of use of yellowwort

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YELLOWWORT»

The term «yellowwort» is normally little used and occupies the 114.581 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YELLOWWORT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «yellowwort» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «yellowwort» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yellowwort

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YELLOWWORT»

Discover the use of yellowwort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yellowwort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Familiar wild flowers
The yellowwort is an annual. The generic name of our plant, Chlora, is derived from the Greek word chloros, a word used to describe a lightish shade or tint of green, a name bestowed on the yellowwort from the pale, glaucous appearance of ...
Frederick Edward Hulme, 1906
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City Voices: Hong Kong Writing in English 1945 to the Present
my own flesh and blood, and it's just as though we were a different kind of plant — poppy, or cockscomb — and the Tsois were another kind —— yellowwort — and you can't force a cockscomb to be like a yellowwort no matter how hard you try.
Michael Ingham, Xu Xi, 2003
3
Wildflowers of the fairest Cape: the wildflowers of the ...
SEBAEA YeLLowwort c. 60 spp., mainly Africa, also India and Australasia Perennials or annuals, with stems often 4-angled or winged. Leaves mostly opposite or in a basal rosette. Inflorescence a terminal, flat-topped panicle. Flowers yellow ...
Peter Goldblatt, John C. Manning, 2000
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Kampoon Street
and it's just as though we were a different kind of plant- poppy, or cockscomb— and the Tsois were another kind— yellowwort— and you can't force a cockscomb to be like a yellowwort no matter how hard you try." She began to weep again— ...
Tai-yi Lin, 1964
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Flora of Suffolk: A Catalogue of the Plants (Indigenous Or ...
C. perfoliata, L. Perfoliate C. (Yellowwort.) June—September. Frequent in a chalky or clayey soil. Hardwick, Chevington, Saxham, Haughley, Norton, Elmswell, Rougham, Felsham, Brettenham, Hitcham, Lavenham, Naughton, Great Glemham, ...
John Stevens Henslow, Edmund Skepper, 2013
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The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the ...
Podocarput elongata, — , WEST IX« DIAN. Xanthoxylon dava-Uerculit. YELLOWWORT. Chlnra. YEMANEH. An Indian name for Qme- liiia arborea. YERBA DE LA PURGACJON. Boer- haavia tuberosa. — DE ST. MARTIN. Sau- vagesia erecta.
John Lindley, Thomas Moore, 1876
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The Flora of the Liverpool District
C. 1893, Roadside, half a mile from Whitby towards Stoke (Dr. c). GENTIANEiE. Blackstonta (Huds.). B. perfoliata (Huds.). Fig. 417. Perfoliate Yellowwort. Yellow Centaury. Native. B. VII, VIII. (Chlora perfoliata (L.).) Clayfields and banks, and on  ...
Conrad Theodore Green, 1902
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Plant life in Alpine Switzerland: being an account in simple ...
... by no means confined to them. In Britain, in addition to the Yellowwort (Chlora per/oliata, Linn.), the Centaury (Erythrcea centaurium, Pers.), the Buckbean ( Meny- anthes trifoliata, Linn.), and 42 TYPICAL FLOWERS OF ALPINE PASTURES.
Edward Alexander Newell Arber, 1910
9
History of Brighthelmston, or Brighton as I view it and ...
... Adam's Needles, Centaury, Convolvulus, Yellow Snapdragon, Yarrow, Cockle, Perriwinkle, Poppy, Milkwort, Dropwort, Crop- wort, Fleabane, Yellowwort, Henbane, and Groundsell form a pleasing diversity ; while, in the copses contiguous, ...
John Ackerson Erredge, 1862
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The Treasury of Botany: a Popular Dictionary of Vegetable ...
C. perfoliatu, called YelloWWort, the only Britishexample, is asingularly erect slender plant, about a foot high, with but few root-leaves, opposite stem-leaves which are united at the base (connate), and stems which are forked towards the ...
‎1870

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YELLOWWORT»

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County Scene Sport round-up July 11
Yellowwort point produced a few fish, but the kayakers and float-tubers, who covered large areas of the loch, could not find significant numbers of fish at all. «West Briton, Jul 15»

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