Crossword-Solution: BETONY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Betony | n. | A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.). |
We have 9 clues for the answer “BETONY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Lousewort | 1 answer |
| Plant also called germander | 1 answer |
| Purple-flowering plant | 1 answer |
| Woundwort | 1 answer |
| LABIATE plant | 15 answers |
| North American plant | 25 answers |
| Mint | 35 answers |
| EUROPEAN herb/herbaceous plant | 38 answers |
| European plant | 51 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EEART
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BETONY (5)
Therefore be plain, old Hyssop on the Wall!’ ‘To be plain and in order with you, I was shot in the chest while gathering of betony from a brookside near Thame, and was took by the King’s men before their Colonel, one Blagg or Bragge, whom I warned honestly that I had spent the week past among our plague-stricken.
The flocks of males are often found feeding on the seeds of the teazle (Dipsacus), which they can reach with their elongated beaks, whilst the females more commonly feed on the seeds of the betony or Scrophularia.
Upon the table lay a pipe filled with betony and colt's-foot, a roll of wax-candle, a silver spitting-pot, and a Seville orange.
Some still believe in herbs, and gather wood-betony for herb tea, or eat dandelion leaves between slices of dry toast.
One cottage wife exclaimed that she had no patience with women so ignorant they did not know how to use herbs, as wood-sage or wood-betony.
Quotes with BETONY (1)
Hardly anyone understands the principles behind magic," scoffed Betony. "It's too difficult.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, NYT, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1990–2007).