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margeline

margeline noun: a type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.

Noun

margeline (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) A type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.
    • sheepe […] hate and abhor the female Pimpernell […] : howbeit, in case they should […] tast the Pimpernell with the blew floure, presently they have recourse (by a naturall instinct) to an hearbe for remedie called in Greeke Asyla, and by us in Latine Ferus oculus, [i. the wild and cruell eye, or...Pliny the Elder (1601), Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World

Origin of margeline

First attested in 1572. Borrowed from French morgeline, derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae. See also chickweed, henbit.

Questions about margeline

What does margeline mean?
Margeline means a type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.
What part of speech is margeline?
Margeline is a noun.

Words near margeline in the dictionary

  1. Margazhi
  2. marge
  3. Marge Simpson
  4. Marge Simpsons
  5. marged
  6. margeline
  7. Margen
  8. margent
  9. margented
  10. margenting
  11. margents

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