A plant used historically in bathing preparations or bath rituals, or a plant associated with bathing culture and traditional wellness.
English bath + wort (Old English wyrt meaning 'plant' or 'herb'). The -wort suffix appears in many plant names like mugwort, lungwort, figwort.
Bathwort likely refers to herbs like yarrow, valerian, or lavender that were added to bathwater for their scent and believed healing properties—a medieval spa treatment!
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