noun
- a small North American woodland plant with heart-shaped leaves and delicate white flowers
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The miterwort bloomed in early spring beneath the maple trees.
- She discovered a patch of miterwort growing in the shaded forest floor.
- The delicate white flowers of miterwort are easily overlooked among fallen leaves.
- Miterwort thrives in moist, rich soil in deciduous woodlands.
- The botanist identified the small plant as miterwort by its distinctive heart-shaped leaves.
- Native Americans traditionally used miterwort for medicinal purposes.