| 释义 |
† mype Obs. local.
[a. north. Welsh maip turnip.]
A parsnip.
Gerarde, who seems to be the only independent authority for the word, was a native of Cheshire.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccclxxxviii. 871 The old writers..have called this wilde Parsnep by the name of Elaphoboscum: that of the garden we do call Parsneps and Mypes. 1600Surflet Country Farm ii. xxxv. 244 Parsneps, mypes, carrets,..are sowen al after one fashion. 1665Lovell Herbal (ed. 2) 296 Mypes, see Parsneps. myr |