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ˈpark-ˌleaves ? Obs.
[app. f. park n. + leaves, pl. of leaf.]
A name for the shrub Tutsan (Hypericum Androsæmum). Also, with early herbalists, the tree Vitex Agnus castus: the name agnus castus having app. been applied to both (see Turner Names of Herbes, A viij b).
a1400–50Stockh. Med. MS. 157 Totsane or parkleuys: agnus castus. 1545Elyot, Agnos, is a tree..commonly called Agnus castus, in englysshe parke leaues, it hathe leaues lyke to wyllowe. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xlv. 66 If Androsemon be Tutsan or Parke leaues, it groweth plentifully in woodes and parkes, in the west partes of England. 1611Cotgr., Amerine, Agnus castus,..chast or hempetree, Parke-leauis. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece ii. 205 On the top..succeedeth a large yellow Flower, much bigger than Parks-Leaves. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Park Leaves, the Hypericum androsæmum, All-heal, or St. Peter's-wort. |