[OE. feldwyrt, f. feld field + wyrt root.] a. Gentiana lutea, and other species of gentian. b. Swertia perennis.

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c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., I. 110. Ðeos wyrt þe man ȝentianam & oðrum naman feld-wyrt nemneþ.

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1516.  Grete Herball, lxxxvi. L v b. De gentiane, felwort or baldymony.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, III. xii. 332. Gentian is called … in English Felworte.

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1641.  French, Distill., ii. (1651), 46. Take of … the leaves of … Felwort.

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1756.  Watson, in Phil. Trans., XLIX. 820. Dwarf Autumnal Gentian, or Fellwort.

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1878–86.  Britten & Holland, Plant-n., Felwort, Gentiana Amarella … and other species of gentian.

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  b.  1810.  T. Green, Univ. Herb., II. 640. Swertia Perennis, Marsh Swertia or Felwort.

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