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satyrion|səˈtɪrɪən|
Forms: 5 saturioun, 6–7 satirion, 7 satyrian, saterion, 6– satyrion. Also 8 in L. form satyrium.
[a. L. satyrion, -um, a. Gr. σατύριον, f. σάτυρ-ος satyr, in allusion to the reputed aphrodisiac properties of the plant so named.]
A name given to various kinds of Orchis.
The name Satyrium has been given in botanical Latin to a sub-tropical orchidaceous genus.
a1400Stockholm Med. MS. ii. 732 in Anglia XVIII. 325 Of dragans arn spycis iij..Bothe arn callyd saturioun. 1526Grete Herball cccxci. (1529) X v, Satirion..groweth on hylles & playne feldes. 1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 70 The great Satyrion may be called in englishe whyte satyrion or great satyrion. 1597Gerarde Herbal i. civ. 172 Red handed Satyrion is a smal lowe and base herbe. 1625Bacon Ess., Gardens ⁋1 The Sweet Satyrian, with the White Flower. 1681Otway Soldier's Fort. v. (1735) 108 'Tis the root Satyrion, a very precious plant. 1731Miller Gard. Dict., Orchis,..Satyrion, or Fool-Stones. 1752J. Hill Hist. Plants 591 (Jod.) The undivided bulbed satyrium, with lanceolated leaves. 1844Kitto Phys. Hist. Palestine vii. 241 Moon⁓trefoil; knapweed; satyrion.
attrib.1637Heywood Dial. xvi. 237 There nothing is to boot Between a Bean and a Satyrion root. 1661Rabisha Cookery 220 To preserve Saterion roots. |