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mezereon|mɪˈzɪəriːən|
Forms: 5 mizerion, 7–8 mezerion, 8 mesereon, 6– mezereon.
[a. med.L. mezereon, ad. Arab. māzaryūn (Avicenna).]
1. The low shrub Daphne Mezereon of Europe and Asia, having purplish or rose-coloured flowers and red berries; also called † Dutch mezereon.
1477Norton Ord. Alch. iii. in Ashm. (1652) 39 Celondine and Mizerion. 1578Lyte Dodoens iii. xxxvii. 368 Mezereon, as Auicenne, Mesne, and Serapio do write, is of two sortes. 1597Gerarde Herbal iii. lix. 1216 Apothecaries of our countrie name it Mezereon, but we had rather call it Chemelæa Germanica: in English Dutch Mezereon. 1626Bacon Sylva §577 Mezerions. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort., Mar. (1679) 13 Dutch Mezereon. 1706J. Gardiner tr. Rapin Of Gardens (1728) 59 Lib'ral of Boughs and Leaves Mezerions bold,..defy the sharpest Cold. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France II. 376 Pots of Mazerion [sic] in flower at the windows. 1862C. Rossetti Goblin Market, etc. 85 My leafless pink mezereons. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 126 The berries of Mezereon..are poisonous.
2. Pharm. The dried bark of the root of the plant described above, used in liniments.
1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 513 Those who chuse to use the mezereon by itself, may boil an ounce of the fresh bark [etc.]. 1807Med. Jrnl. XVII. 255 Decoctions of elm bark, mesereon, sassafras. 1874Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 346 Mezereon is a powerful local irritant.
3. attrib. and Comb., as mezereon bark, mezereon berry, mezereon ointment, mezereon root, mezereon tree.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 308/2 A decoction of *mezereon bark. 1874Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 346 Mezereon Bark. The dried bark of Daphne Mezereum, or Mezereon; or of Daphne Laureola.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 307/2 Linnæus speaks of a person having been killed by a dozen *mezereon berries.
1890Syd. Soc. Lex., *Mezereon ointment.
1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 513 The *mezereon-root is..found to be a powerful assistant to the sublimate.
1626Bacon Sylva §592 A *Mezerion-Tree. 1851A. Marsh Ravenscliffe xiii, A few mezereon-trees were putting forth their blossoms. |