Elderwort

/ˈɛldərˌwɜrt/ noun

Definition

A plant with medicinal or herbal properties associated with elder trees, or possibly another name for the plant known as ground elder.

Etymology

Compound of 'elder' and '-wort' (an Old English suffix meaning 'plant' or 'herb'). Many plants were named by combining a reference plant with '-wort' in medieval herbalism and folk medicine.

Kelly Says

The '-wort' suffix is a window into how medieval people organized knowledge—'mugwort,' 'lungwort,' 'figwort'—they named plants after what they looked like or what they treated, creating a sort of herbal taxonomy centuries before science.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
እንቁላል ዝቅናት
ink-u-lal zik-na-at
ARالعربية
نبات البلوط
nabat al-balut
BNবাংলা
বৃদ্ধের পাতা
brudd-er-er pata
CACatalà
flor d'auró
flor doh-ro
CSČeština
květ elderu
kvet ehld-er-oo
DADansk
eldreblad
el-dreh-blad
DEDeutsch
H elderkraut
hayl-der-kraut
ELΕλληνικά
ανθοί ελδερ
anthoi el-der
ESEspañol
hierba de elder
yer-bah deh ehld-er
FAفارسی
گل کهن
gol keh-an
FISuomi
vanhanpuun lehdet
van-han-poo-nun leh-det
FRFrançais
aulne
auln
GUGU
એલ્ડર છાલ
ehld-er chhal
HAHA
tsawan elder
tsaw-an ehld-er
HEעברית
פרח אלת
p'ra'h el-et
HIहिन्दी
बुद्धा का पत्ता
budd-ha ka patta
HUMagyar
tölgyvirág
toel- ghee-vee-rahg
IDBahasa Indonesia
rumput elder
rum-put ehld-er
IGIG
nri elder
nri ehld-er
ITItaliano
erba del sambuco
er-ba del sam-boo-koh
JA日本語
ハナミズキの葉
hana-mizuki no ha
KKKK
әлдер гүлдер
eh-l-der g-u-l-der
KMKM
ស្លឹក អាយុ
sluk ayu
KO한국어
구elder풀
gueul-der-pul
MRMR
वृद्धाचे पाने
vrid-dha-che pa-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
daun elder
daun ehld-er
MYမြန်မာ
အရှေ့ပိုင်း တောင် ပင်
a-h-sh-e-ing taung pin
NLNederlands
elderbloem
ehld-er-blohm
NONorsk
eldreblad
el-dreh-blad
PAPA
ਬੁੱਧਾ ਦਾ ਫੁੱਲ
budd-ha da fool
PLPolski
kwiaty wierzby
kvie-ty veerz-bee
PTPortuguês
erva de samambaia
er-va deh sah-mahm-bah-ee-ah
RORomână
floare de alun
flo-ah-reh deh ah-loon
RUРусский
ива
iva
SVSvenska
eldreblomma
el-dreh-blohm-ah
SWKiswahili
majani ya elder
ma-ja-ni ya ehld-er
TAதமிழ்
வயதான மரத்தின் இலை
vayathaan marathin ilai
TEతెలుగు
గూడెల చెట్టు ఆకు
goo-dele chettu aku
THไทย
ใบไผ่
bai pai
TLTL
dahon ng elder
dah-on ng ehld-er
TRTürkçe
kızılcık yaprağı
ki-zil-chik ya-prah-gi
UKУкраїнська
квіти верби
kvity verbi
URاردو
پھول اُلدر
fool ehld-er
VITiếng Việt
lá liễu
la li-eu
YOYO
ẹ̀rọ elder
eh-ro ehld-er
ZH中文
艾草
ài cǎo
ZUZU
isilangu se-elder
ee-sihl-an-goo se-ehld-er

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