miterwort

Other forms of miterwort

plural

miterworts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about miterwort

What does miterwort mean?

miterwort means "any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter".

How many syllables are in miterwort?

miterwort has 3 syllables: mi-ter-wort. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for miterwort?

Close synonyms include mitrewort, bishop's cap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is miterwort a common word?

miterwort is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.