† trick-madamn.
Obsolete.
An old name of one or more species of Stonecrop, formerly used in salads; called also prick-madam n. and trip-madam n.According to Lyte, Prick-madam was the plant now called Sedum reflexum, and Wild Prick-madam, S. album; according to Littré, trique madame in France is ‘l'orpin blanc’, or ‘trique blanche’, ? Sedum album; according to Eugène Rolland Flore populaire VI. 108–110, trique-madame is in France applied indiscriminately to Sedum acre and S. album, but it is doubtful if the name was ever applied in England to the former (Biting Stonecrop or Wall Pepper).
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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xvi. 223 Tricke-madam doth nothing feare the cold.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lx. 397 Steepe the seedes for a certaine time in the iuice of trick-madame.
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 70 Trick-Madame..is cooling and moist.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet The Cimes and Tops of Trick-Madam, when young and tender, drest as Purslain, is a frequent Ingredient in our cold Sallet.
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