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herb Paris
[ad. med.L. herba paris; in Fr. herbe à Paris, parisette. The origin of the name is obscure; some explain paris as the genitive of L. par ‘equal, a mate, a pair’, in reference to the regularity of its leaves and flowers (see quot. 1864); others refer it to the Trojan Paris.]
A general book-name for Paris quadrifolia (N.O. Trilliaceæ), also called True-love, a dictyogenous plant found in moist woods, bearing a single greenish flower at the top of the stem, and just beneath it four large ovate leaves in the form of a cross.[1558Matthiolus in Dioscaridem 539 Plantam quam herbariorum vulgus Herbam Paris appellat. 1568Turner Herbal i. 19 (not in ed. 1551) Y⊇ same herbe is called of y⊇ Barbarus writers Herba paris.] 1578Lyte Dodoens iii. lxxvii. 425 Herbe Paris hath a smoth round stalke..vppon the whiche growe foure leaues. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. lxxxv. §7. 329 Herbe Paris..is proued to represse the force of poison. 1864Prior Plant-n. (1870) 111 Herb Paris, incorrectly so spelt..being..Herba paris, Herb of a pair, of a betrothed couple, in reference to its four leaves being set upon the stalk like a trulove-knot, the emblem of an engagement, whence its synonym, Herb Tru⁓love. a1888M. Howitt Autobiog. (1889) I. 41 In other spots flourished..the rare four-leaved Herb Paris, bearing its berry-like flower at the central angles of its four leaves. |