rare. ? Obs. [f. WHITE a. + WORT sb., after Du. witwortel (G. weisswurz).] A name for several plants with white flowers or roots: a. Feverfew; b. Solomon’s seal; c. a species of camomile.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, I. xi. 19. It [sc. Parthenium] is called … in English, Feuerfew, & of some Whitewurte. Ibid., I. lxix. 103. Salomons seale is called … in English … While roote, or white wurte.
1866. Treas. Bot., Whitewort, Matricaria Chamomilla.
