tunhoofn.
/ˈtʌnhuːf/ Now dialect.
The herb Ground Ivy ( Nepeta glechoma).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > ground-ivy
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earth ivyOE
hayhovec1325
alehoofa1400
mead-rattlea1400
ground-ivyc1400
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cat's-foot1597
maidenhair1657
maidenhair berry1794
maidener1938
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > ground ivy
tunhoofc1000
hayhovec1325
gill-creep (also go, run)-by-(the)-ground1597
jill1725
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant
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poppyOE
camomilea1300
orobusa1398
tithymala1400
tutsana1400
Thapsiac1400
melissa?a1425
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turmeric1538
succory1541
balin1546
English treacle1548
treacle mustard1548
rhabarb1558
Thlaspi1562
treacle clover1562
holy herb1567
lungwort1578
solanum1578
lightwort1587
neezing wort1591
Alexander's Foot1597
burst-wort1597
symphonia1597
wound-herb1597
leper's herb1600
all bones1633
schoenanth1633
nip1651
wound-shrub1659
hermodact1678
jusquiam1727
Algerian tea1728
Australian tea1728
strongback1739
silphium1753
belladonna1788
foxglove1801
ledum1822
yercum1826
lungs of oak1856
strong man's weed1864
conium1866
short-long1871
fever grass1875
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 344 Wyrc gode earsealfe..tunhofe nioþoweard, celeþonian leaf garleac, cropleac, do on win.
14.. Stockh. Med. MS. ii. 406 in Anglia XVIII. 317 Anoþer herbe is callyd soo [ground-ivy] Þat we callyn tunhoo.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 506/1 Tunhove, herbe (K. tunhowe, S. thomyhow, A. thonnhowe), edera terrestris.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 705 In English ground Iuie, Alehoof,..Tunehoofe, and Cats foote.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. xciii. 677 Gill creepe by the ground, Catsfoote, Haymaides, and Alehoofe most generally, or Tunnehoofe, because the countrey people use it much in their Ale.
1869 Good Words Mar. Supp. 4 I used to gather in armfuls primroses,..and strong-scented tunhoof.
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