park leavesn.
/ˌpɑːk ˈliːvz/, U.S. /ˌpɑrk ˈlivz/ Now English regional.
The plant tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)), a large-leaved shrubby species of St John's wort. Apparently also: †the chaste tree Vitex agnus-castus (obsolete).
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park leaves?a1425
tutsan1552
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > vitex trees or shrubs > [noun]
agnus castus?a1450
park leaves1545
hemp-tree1548
chaste lamb1562
chaster1570
Abraham's balm1598
vitex1608
?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 80 Agnus Castus, Tutesayne is hote and dry, and som men callith him park levis; he beryth black bayes; when thei ben ripe the smyll of hym makes men and women caste.
?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 119 (MED) Agnus castus is an herbe þat men clepyn totsane or parkleuys, and þis herbe haȝt lewys sumqwat reddysch, lyke to þe lewys of orage..and it haȝt a ȝelwe flour as moche as a peny, and it beryth in þe crop blake bayes.
1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Agnos, is a tree..commonly called Agnus castus, in englysshe parke leaues, it hathe leaues lyke to wyllowe.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlv. 66 If Androsemon be Tutsan or Parke leaues, it groweth plentifully in woodes and parkes, in the west partes of England.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Amerine, Agnus castus,..chast or hempetree, Parke-leauis.
1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 343 Parke-leaves. Androsæmum. P. It groweth in woods, and by hedge sides. T. Fl. in June and Aug. the leaves wax red in Autumne.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 205 On the top..succeedeth a large yellow Flower, much bigger than Parks-Leaves.
1735 J. Keogh Bot. Univ. Hibernica 124 Tutsan or Park Leaves... Lat. Androsæmum vulgare, seu Hypericum maximum.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Park Leaves, a common name for the Hypericum androsæmum, All-heal, or St. Peter's-wort.
1873 Catholic World May 237/1 The word vitex is thus translated in it: ‘A kind of withy or willow, commonly called agnus castus, in English, parkleaves, Abraham's balm, chaste or hemp tree’.
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 74 Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum... Local names. Amber, Kent..Park Leaves, Som.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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