† primwortn.
Botany. Obsolete. rare.
In J. Lindley's terminology: a plant of the Primulaceae or primrose family. N.E.D. (1908) notes: ‘Incorrectly stated by some to be an old name of the privet or primprint.’
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herb twopence1548
twopenny grass1548
water pimpernel1575
moneywort1578
pimpernel1633
piss-weed1714
samolus1753
bastard pimpernel1762
chaff-weed1796
pimpernel chaffweed1796
primwort1846
brook weed1861
money plant1873
Wandering Jenny1878
creeping Jenny1882
Wandering Sailor(s1882
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 644 The Order of Primworts.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 927/2 Primworts, Lindley's name for the Primulaceæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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