[f. LIME sb.1 + WORT.]

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  † 1.  The Catchfly, Silene Armeria. [So called because covered with a sticky substance.] Obs.

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1597.  Gerarde, Herbal, II. clxxxvi. (1633), 600. This plant called viscaria or Lyme-woort.

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  2.  The Childing Pink, Dianthus prolifer. [So called from often growing on old mortar.]

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1777.  Robson, Brit. Flora, 99.

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