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† phu Obs. [a. F. phu, a. L. phū (Plin.), a. Gr. ϕοῦ valerian.] The Garden Valerian or Cretan Spikenard, Valeriana Phu.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 86 Phu, which som call also wild Spiknard, groweth in Pontus, and it hath a lefe lyke vnto..Alexander. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 81 The herb Valerian (commonly called Phu). Ibid. 532 Mingle..these hearbs following, Agrimony, Rue, Phu, Scabious, Betony. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Phu, in botany, a name by which some authors call the great garden valerian. |