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‖ Thapsia Bot.|ˈθæpsɪə|
Also 4–6 tapsia.
[L. thapsia (tapsia), a. Gr. θαψία, said to mean a plant brought from Thapsus.]
A genus of umbelliferous perennials, of the tribe Laserpitieæ, containing four species, natives of the Mediterranean region. That formerly in medical repute is T. garganica, also called Deadly Carrot.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurgie 195 Þe place shal be frotid in þe sunne wiþ an oynement of tapsia. c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 1044 This tapsia, this wermot, and eleure, Cucumber wilde, and euery bitter kynde Of herbe is nought for hem. 1578Lyte Dodoens iii. xxiv. 365 The barke of the roote of Thapsia. 1586Rates of Custome E viij, Tapsia the pound xij.d. 1857Dunglison Med. Lex., Thapsia... The root operates violently, both upwards and downwards.
b. attrib. and Comb., as thapsia-plaster (Cent. Dict. 1890), thapsia-resin (see quot.), thapsia-root.
1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Thapsia resin, a soft extract prepared by digesting thapsia-root in hot alcohol. |