WOUNDWORT Definition & Meaning

woundwort

[ woond-wurt, -wawrt ]

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noun

any of several plants of the genus Stachys, belonging to the mint family, especially S. palustris, having hairy stems and leaves and whorled clusters of small, reddish flowers.
kidney vetch.

woundwort

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noun

any of various plants of the genus Stachys, such as S. arvensis ( field woundwort ), having purple, scarlet, yellow, or white flowers and formerly used for dressing wounds: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
any of various other plants used in this way

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Origin of woundwort¹

First recorded in 1540–50; wound ¹ + wort ²

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While the film’s Grim Reaper-like Black Rabbit has caused nightmares aplenty, at the centre of Watership Down’s dark 180BPM heart is General Woundwort, whose scalpel-sharp claws, psychotic personality and colourless eyes indicate that he belongs not in a hutch, but in a flat-roof pub.

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This may sound strange, but it would honestly be General Woundwort from Richard Adams’s “Watership Down.”

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Up to the bit where Bigwig faces up to General Woundwort.

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"Thankfully the A-list voice talent add personality to this famously downbeat drama," she continues, going on to praise Sir Ben Kingsley's "genuinely terrifying" General Woundwort.

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How would you look to Kehaar, as he circled high above the River Test, not far from Efrafa, the dangerous warren of General Woundwort?

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