Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AWL'WORT
AWL'WORT, n. [awl and wort. See Wort.]
The popular name of the Subularia aquatica, or rough-leaved alyssum; so called from its awl-shaped leaves, which grow in clusters round the root. It is a native of Britain and Ireland. – Encyc.
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