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ˌtreacle ˈmustard
A name applied by 16th c. herbalists to the plant Thlaspi arvense on account of its supposed medicinal virtue; by later writers applied to Clypeola Jonthlaspi, and to Erysimum cheiranthoides.
1548Turner Names of Herbs 79 Thlaspi..may be named in englishe dysh-mustard, or triacle Mustard, or Boures Mustard. 1562― Herbal ii. 152. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. xix. 205 Treacle Mustarde hath long broade leaues. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 4. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Treacle Mustard, Thlaspi. Ibid., Treacle Mustard, Clypeola. 1856Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 35 Erysimum, Treacle Mustard. 1882G. Allen Colours Flowers ii. 43 In treacle-mustard (Erysimum), the yellow is very pale, and the petals often become almost white. |