Definition: bearwort

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Spicknel \Spick"nel\, n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long
   nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary
   leaves.] (Bot.)
   An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely
   divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney,
   mew, and bearwort. [Written also spignel.]