[f. THRUM sb.2 + WORT.] A name for different plants having parts resembling thrums. a. The water-plantain, Alisma Plantago (or other species); also the allied star-fruit, Actinocarpus Damasonium. b. ‘Love-lies-bleeding,’ Amarantus caudatus.
1829. Glover’s Hist. Derby, I. 112. Alisma ranunculoides, lesser thrum wort…. Alisma lanceolata, narrow-leaved thrum wort.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1147. Thrumwort, Actinocarpus; also Amaranthus caudatus.
1879. Prior, Names Brit. Plants, Thrum-wort.… The plant has its name from its long tassel-like panicles of red flowers, the florimer, Amarantus caudatus.
1886. Britten & Holland, Eng. Plant-n., Thrum-wort. (1) Amaranthus caudatus.… (2) A book-name for Actinocarpus Damasonium.… Thrumwort, Great, Alisma Plantago.
