False Mitrewort (Noun)
Meaning 1
Plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The trail led us through the moist woods where we spotted the delicate false mitrewort flowers swaying gently in the breeze.
- False mitrewort can be found growing in shaded areas with damp soil from Alaska to central parts of California and as far east as Montana.
- Identifying the plant as false mitrewort required a closer look at the clusters of tiny white flowers hanging from the leafy stems.
- Our guided nature walk introduced us to several lesser-known plants, including the lovely false mitrewort found only in specific regions of North America.
- In early spring, the forest floor is adorned with the dainty blooms of false mitrewort peeking through the undergrowth of the moist woods.
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Meaning 2
Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The rhizomes of bishop's mitrewort curve upward somewhat giving the plant a stoloniferous appearance, a characteristic its common namesake apostle's curse False miterwort possesses as well.
- In temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere false miterwort is stoloniferous and exhibits perennial appearance that thrives in woodland settings as well as by streams where flowers bloom with white petals.
- Perennials that offer delicate white flowers like white violets and false miterwort often sprout in the month of May from an underground rhizome, while flowering happens over brief periods lasting roughly four days.
- False miterwort is often found growing in shaded streamsides with this stoloniferous woodland plant springing to bloom white flowers mid-late spring.
- Many enthusiasts prize plants, the shaded area near a spring or brook with false miterwort at the edge blending into woodland undergrowth because the plant will keep its green, flat, lance-shaped leaves and stoloniferous rhizome throughout summer.