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troll flower
Also 6 trol flower.
[tr. Ger. trollblume (whence app. mod.L. generic name Trollius, C. Gesner c 1555, and F. trolle); app. f. stem of troll-en to roll, in reference to the globular shape of the flower. (Dr. Prior's statement in quot. 1879 appears to be erroneous.)]
A book-name for the Globe-flower (Trollius europæus).
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. lxxii. 418 Byside these kindes of Ranunculus is yet another strange kinde.., the whiche is called Troll flowers. Ibid. 419 The Trol flowers grow upon the mountaynes of Switserlande. 1879Prior Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3), Troll-flower, the globe-flower, from Sw. troll..a malignant supernatural being, a name..given to this plant on account of its acrid poisonous qualities. |