sermountain
UK/ˈsɜːˌmaʊn.tɪn/US/ˈsɝˌmaʊn.tən/
sermountain noun: a plant of the genus Laserpitium.
Noun
sermountain (uncountable)
- A plant of the genus Laserpitium.
- Take of the freſh Roots of both Peonies, at Full Moon, each one Ounce and an half; ſlice them, and infuſe them in white-wine for the ſpace of a Day; of Contrayerra^([sic]) half an Ounce, of Sermountain ſix Drams[…]1694, John Pechey, “Peony, in Latin Paeonia”, in The compleat herbal of physical plants, Henry Bonwicke, page 146
- La Cerda fancies it to be the Siler montanum, or Sermountain, because he thinks it more elegant for the poet to speak of two which grow in the plains, and two in the rivers[…]1814, “Liber Secundus”, in Vergil, edited by John Martyn, Georgicorum libri quatuor, 4th edition, Oxford: W. Baxter, page 112
Origin of sermountain
From Middle English sermontayne, from Old French sermontain. The modern English form has been remodelled after mountain.
Questions about sermountain
- What does sermountain mean?
- Sermountain means a plant of the genus Laserpitium.
- What part of speech is sermountain?
- Sermountain is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sermountain?
- Sermountain is pronounced /ˈsɜːˌmaʊn.tɪn/ (UK).
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