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ˈlambkill N. Amer.
a. Andromeda mariana (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1888);
b. the sheep-laurel, Kalmia angustifolia.
1790L. Castiglioni Viaggio negli Stati Uniti dell'America II. 271 K[almia] Angustifolia... Sheep poison, Ivy, Dwarf-Laurell, Lamb-kill. 1814J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 103 Kalmia angustifolia,..a low shrub with rose coloured flowers, very common in low grounds, and known by the names sheep poison, lambkill, low laurel, &c. 1851S. Judd Margaret xiv. (1871) 90 Cymes of viburnums, rose-blooming lambkill. 1898C. A. Creevey Flowers of Field 515 Lambkill..is a low shrub..with narrow, evergreen leaves in whorls of three. 1939Nat. Geogr. Mag. Aug. 255/1 Other poisonous members of the heath family are the kalmias, frequently called ‘lamb⁓kill’ from the effect they have on grazing animals. 1954C. J. Hylander Macmillan Wild Flower Bk. 281 Sheep laurel..is also known as lambkill because of the severely toxic substance in the leaves. 1965E. Richardson Living Island 120 Not yet completely grown up in lambkill, wild-roses and blueberry bushes. 1974A. Huxley Plant & Planet xxv. 283 In North America species of Kalmia..are known as Sheep-kill or Lamb-kill. |