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‖ ˈscordium Bot. Obs.
Also 6 scordion.
[mod.L. (cf. L. scordion, Pliny), a. Gr. σκόρδιον a plant that smells like garlic. Cf. G. skordien, MDu. scordioen.]
A name for the Water-Germander, Teucrium Scordium, a plant formerly in use in medicine as a sudorific, an antidote for poisons, etc.
[c1050Herb. Apuleii in Cockayne Sax. Leechd. I. 174 Wið nædran slite ᵹenim þas wyrte þe man scordean..nemneð.] 1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 71 Scordium groweth in diuerse places of Germany,..& I heare saye that it groweth also besyde Oxforde. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. lxxv. 111 Scordion is hoate and dry in the thirde degree. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cciv. 535 Called in English Scordium, Water Germander & Garlicke Germander. 1757A. Cooper Distiller iii. xv. (1760) 169 Of the Leaves of Scordium one Pound and a Half. 1866Treas. Bot. 1040/1 Scordium, Teucrium Scordium. |