Dictionary entry

Laserwort

Webster's Dictionary 1913

La″ser‐wort′ (lā″sẽr‐wûrt′), n. [L. laser the juice of the laserwort.] (Bot.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.