† poly mountainn.
Obsolete.
A germander of the genus Teucrium, esp. T. polium; = poly n.1 1. Also (rare): alpine bartsia, Bartsia alpina (family Scrophulariaceae), and basil thyme, Clinopodium acinos (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)).
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poly mountain1562
mountain poly1698
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 133v Serpillum that is in gardines is called for the moste parte in Englande creping thyme, and about Charde pulimountayn.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxvi. 233 It is called..in English Poley and Poley mountayne.
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 676 I haue sometimes seene it [sc. Acinos] brought to Cheapside market, where the herbe women called it Poley mountaine, some it may bee that haue taken it for Polium montanum misinforming them.
1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. K2 Pulick mountain.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 82 Poley Mountain..is a Plant of the Height of half a Foot; having small, thick indented Leaves.
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2485/1 Polium, Poley-mountain, in botany, a species of teucrium.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Polium Creticum, candy poley-mountain; the Teucrium capitatum Linn.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 913/1 Poly mountain, Bartsia alpina.
1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 385 Poley Mountain, Calamintha Acinos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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