(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:17:30

Moon"wort` (?), n. Bot. (a)

The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.

(b)

Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.

 

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