Bot. [f. STYLE sb. (assumed to be equivalent to Gr. στῦλος, whence STYLIDIUM) + WORT sb.] Lindley’s name for a plant of the genus Stylidium, or of the N.O. Stylidiaceæ, of which this is the type. Also attrib.
1846. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., 696. Stylidiaceæ.—Styleworts.
1849. Balfour, Man. Bot., § 921. Stylidiaceæ, the Stylidium or Stylewort Family.
1887. Bentley, Man. Bot. (ed. 5), 600. Stylidiaceæ, the Stylewort Order.
