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† ˈopier Obs.
[a. obs. F. opier, ‘the Ople, water Elder, Dwarfe plane, Whitten tree’ (Cotgr.); mod.F. obier; app. related to L. opulus, It. oppio, but of obscure formation.]
The Guelder Rose or Water Elder (Viburnum Opulus): cf. ople.
1548Turner Names of Herbes (1881) 57 Opulus is a tree..called in frenche as Gesnere sayeth opier, and so maye it be also called in englishe tyl we fynde a better name. [1578Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxii. 752, I think this not to be the right Opulus; but the very tree whiche we cal Witche, and Witche Hassel: in Frenche Opier... Reade more of Opier in the LXXX Chapter of this booke. Ibid. lxxx. 760 Of Marris Elder, Ople, or Dwarffe Plane tree... In Frenche Obiere, or Opiere... This is not Opulus as some do thinke.] |