Miterwort \Mi"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Mitella}, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. {False miterwort}, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States ({Tiarella cardifolia}).
miterwort n : any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter [syn: {mitrewort}, {bishop's cap}]