Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}).