Definition
A plant, typically a type of poisonous or useless herb, that was believed to be dead or ineffective.
Etymology
From 'dead' + 'wort' (Old English for plant/herb). Medieval herbalists named plants based on their perceived properties, and this likely referred to plants thought to have lost medicinal potency or were toxic.
Kelly Says
Medieval medicine was full of these descriptive plant names—'deadwort' tells us our ancestors weren't shy about naming plants based on how useless or dangerous they seemed!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ሞት ጫት (mot chat)
mot chat
ARالعربية
نبات ميت (nabat mayitah)
na-bat mayitah
BNবাংলা
মৃত পাতা (mrut pata)
mrut pa-ta
CACatalà
planta morta
plan-ta mor-ta
CSČeština
suché rostliny
su-che ros-ti-ny
DADansk
døde planter
do-de plan-ter
DEDeutsch
Todeskraut
to-des-kraut
ELΕλληνικά
νεκρά φυτά (nekrá fyta)
nek-ra fi-ta
ESEspañol
hierba muerta
yer-ba mu-er-ta
FAفارسی
گیاه مرده (gīāh mordeh)
gi-āh mor-deh
FISuomi
kuolleita kasveja
kuo-li-ta kas-ve-ja
FRFrançais
plante morte
plan-t mor-t
GUGU
મૃત છોડ (mrut chod)
mrut chod
HAHA
gora dawo
go-ra da-wo
HEעברית
צמח מת (tzmach mat)
tz-mach mat
HIहिन्दी
मृत जड़ी-बूटी (mrut jardi-booti)
mrut jar-di-boo-ti
HUMagyar
elhaltva növények
el-halt-va no-ve-yek
IDBahasa Indonesia
rumput mati
rum-put ma-ti
ITItaliano
erba morta
er-ba mor-ta
JA日本語
枯れ草 (karekusso)
kare-ku-sso
KKKK
өлім бұталар
ö-lim bu-ta-lar
KMKM
ឈើស្លា (cheu sla)
cheu sla
KO한국어
죽은 풀 (juk-eun pul)
juk-eun pul
MRMR
मृत झाड (mrut jhaad)
mrut jhaad
MSBahasa Melayu
tumbuhan mati
tum-buhan ma-ti
MYမြန်မာ
ကျန်တဲ့ သစ် (kyan te the sit)
kyan te the sit
NLNederlands
dood plant
doot plant
NONorsk
døde planter
do-de plan-ter
PAPA
ਮਰੇ ਟ્રી (mare tree)
mare tree
PLPolski
zmarłe rośliny
zmar-le ro-sli-ny
PTPortuguês
planta morta
plan-ta mor-ta
RORomână
plantă moartă
plan-ta mor-ta
RUРусский
мертвое растение
mertvoye rastenie
SVSvenska
döda växter
doe-da veks-ter
SWKiswahili
mti amee
mti a-mee
TAதமிழ்
இறந்த செடிகள் (irandha sedigigal)
irandha se-di-gi-gal
TEతెలుగు
మృత మొక్కలు (mrta mokkallu)
mrta mo-kka-lu
THไทย
หญ้าตาย (ha-a-tai)
ha-a-tai
TLTL
matay na halaman
ma-tay na ha-la-yan
TRTürkçe
ölü bitki
o-ly bit-ki
UKУкраїнська
мертва рослина
mer-tva ros-ly-na
URاردو
مردہ پودا (mardeh poda)
mardeh po-da
VITiếng Việt
cây chết
cay chet
ZUZU
umthi olungile
um-thi o-lung-i-le