Home › Words › M › miterwortmiterwortmiterwort means any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter of the arctic and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.EtymologyFrom miter + wort.nounAny plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter of the arctic and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bullwort 55% match — A plant, bishop's weed, Ammi majus. vs miterwort →bearwort 55% match — A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum. vs miterwort →meadowrue 53% match — A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum vs miterwort →mildewer 53% match — A plant that is susceptible to mildew. vs miterwort →lavatera 53% match — Any of the genus Lavatera (syn. of Malva) of malvaceous flowering plants. vs miterwort →mullein 52% match — Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers. vs miterwort →sermountain 52% match — A plant of the genus Laserpitium. vs miterwort →mitsuba 52% match — An East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica. vs miterwort →