Clovewort

[OE. clufwyrt f. clufu, CLOVE¹, bulb + wyrt plant. In sense 3 f. CLOVE sb.²]

  1.  [OE.] A (? bulbous) buttercup: see quot.

c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., I. 100. Ðeos wyrt þe man batracion & oðrum naman clufwyrt nemneð.

1886.  Britten & Holland, Plant-n., App., Clovewort. Mr. Friend tells us that Ranunulus acris is still so called at Brackley (Nhamp.).

  † 2.  The common Avens, Geum urbanum (Culpeper). (Britten and Holl.) Obs.

  3.  A book-name for the plants of the N.O. Caryophyllaceæ.