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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
honewort /ˈhəʊnwəːt/

▶noun a wild plant of the parsley family. [Cryptotaenia canadensis (N. America and eastern Asia) and Trinia glauca (Europe).]

– origin C17: from obs. hone ‘swelling’ (for which the plant was believed to be a remedy) + wort.

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