crosswort

noun

: 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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