Another name for cress or related plants, using the Old English suffix -wort meaning plant or herb.
Compound word: cress + wort (from Old English wyrt meaning 'plant' or 'root'), a common way to name plants in English herbalism and botany.
The suffix '-wort' is like an ancient plant encyclopedia—mugwort, figwort, and birthwort all use it, showing how English speakers named plants by what they looked like or what they treated!
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