sleepwort
English
Etymology
From Middle English slepwort, slepwourt, equivalent to sleep + wort, from its mild narcotic properties.
References
- sleepwort at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “sleepwort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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