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gillenia Bot.|dʒɪˈliːnɪə, gɪˈliːnɪə|
[mod.L. (C. Moench Methodas Plantas Suppl. (1802) 286), f. the name of Dr. Arnold Gille, or Gillenius, a seventeenth-century German botanist.]
A member of a small genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the family Rosaceæ; also the root of these plants, used as an emetic.
1820J. Bigelow Amer. Med. Bot. III. 17 Some authors have attributed a tonic power to the Gillenia, when administered in small doses. 1848Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7) 390/2 The root of this shrub,—Gillenia,..is a safe and efficacious emetic. 1901W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 575 The Gillenias have a distinct and delicate beauty all their own. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 891/1 Gillenias are hardy, easily grown plants. |