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Walwort(e, Valvort, Wallwoid, n. [ME and e.m.E. walwurt (c1265), walwort (c1425), OE wealhwyrt. See also the etymological note in OED s.v. Wallwort.] Ground elder. — 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Eclogues x 27.
Ebuli, walwort 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. lviii (Bot.).
Ebulus, walworte or danworte 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. lviii (Bot.).
Valvort, wallwoid
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