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alchemilla, n. Bot.|ælkəˈmɪlə|
Also † alchimilla.
[ad. med.L. alchimilla lady's mantle, poss. ad. Arab. iklīl al-malik, lit ‘the crown of the king’, infl. by med.L. alchim-ia alchemy + dim. suffix -illa, from the belief of the alchemists that dew from the leaves of this plant could turn base metals to gold. Adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 123.]
Any of numerous herbaceous perennials of the genus Alchemilla of the rose family, whose members are widely distributed in the north temperate zone and mountainous regions of tropical Africa and are distinguished by palmately lobed leaves and cymes of tiny green or yellowish flowers; also Alchemilla, the genus itself. Cf. lady's mantle n.
1548W. Turner Names of Herbes (E.D.S.) 82 Alchimilla, other wyse called Pes leonis, is called in english our Ladies Mantel or syndow. 1754New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 87/2 Alchemilla, in botany, the same with alchimilla. Ibid. 88/1 The alchimillas belong to the tetrandria monogynia class of Linnæus, and are esteemed powerful vulneraries and incrassants. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 46/1 Drops are frequently to be found on the margins and at the apices of the leaves.., of many plants, such as Grasses, Aroids, Alchemillas, Saxifrages, &c. 1915H. H. Thomas Bk. Hardy Flowers 19 The Alchemillas are valued as much for their foliage..as for the flowers. 1985Gardening from ‘Which?’ Nov. 374/3 The yellow-flowered alchemilla also goes well with Sedum maximum ‘Atropurpureum’. |