furbish lousewort

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noun furbish lousewort any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976. 1
noun furbish lousewort a rare lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae) with greenish-yellow flowers found in Maine and Canada 0

before 1975

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1975-80; after Kate Furbish (1834-1931), U.S. botanist, its discoverer

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