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crosswort

noun

Definition of crosswort 

: any of several plants having leaves in whorls of four or opposite and 2-ranked: such as

a : boneset sense 1

b : loosestrife

c : a weedy yellow-flowered European bedstraw (Galium cruciatum) that is occasionally cultivated

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