A plant, typically referring to species with coral-like roots or structures, or the corallorhiza orchid.
From 'coral' + 'wort' (Old English 'wyrt' meaning plant or herb). Compound folk names in English often combine descriptive terms with '-wort' for plants.
'-wort' is English's shorthand for 'magical plant'—names like mugwort, figwort, and coralwort were given by herbalists who thought these plants had special powers!
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