Cross-flowern.
A name proposed by Gerarde for Milkwort (Polygala).
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Cross-flower1597
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rogation flower1597
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love1874
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 450 Milke woort..doth specially flourish in the Crosse or..Rogation weeke;..in English we may cal it Crosse flower.
1828 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Tancredus xxi. 369 Cross-flower, or rogation-flower.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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