See Also: waterwort(medicine)

Kensitite (iou) and waterwort (medicine)


Kensitite (iou)



Kensitite noun & adjective. L19.
[from Kensit (see below) + -ITE1.]
Ecclesiastical History.
A. noun. A follower of John Kensit (1853-1902), a Low Church extremist who objected to alleged romanizing aspects of the Anglican Church. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to Kensitites or Kensitism. E20.
Kensitism noun M20.

waterwort (medicine)


waterwort
<botany> Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.

Source: Websters Dictionary