[f. STUB sb. + WORT. Cf. stab-wort STAB sb.1 4, STOB-WORT.] The Wood-sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.
1541. Bk. Properties Herbs, A vj. This herbe Alleluya men call it wodsore or stubworte.
1583. L. M[ascall], Prof. Bk. Remedies, 3. Take an hearbe called wood sorrel, or stubwort which … groweth in woods, in bushes & stubs of old trees.
1614. Markham, Cheap & Good Husb., Table for hard Words, Stubwort is an hearbe which growes in wooddy places, and is called wood-Sorrell.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1106/2. Stubwort, Oxalis acetosella.
