Obs. [? f. LING sb.2 + WORT; perh. named from the appearance of the root.] White Hellebore (Veratrum album).
1538. Turner, Libellus, Lyngwort, Elleborum album.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, III. xxiv. 347. This kind of Hellebor is called … in English White Hellebor, Neseworte, and Lingwort.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 401. Mingle them together with Ling-wort and Pepper.
1647. Lilly, Chr. Astrol., x. 68. The Hearbs are as followeth. The Nettle,… Lingwort, Onions, Scammony [etc.].
