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ˈlavender ˈcotton
A name for Ground cypress (Santolina Chamæcyparissus); formerly confused with Artemisia Abrotanon or maritima.
1530Palsgr. 237/2 Lavendre cotten, cipres. 1538Turner Libellus, Lavender cotton, Absinthium. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 66 b, Lavender cotten,..some call it..Santonia and female Sothernewood. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 349 Lauender cotton, or garden Cypers, drunke with wine, is good against all poyson & venom: it is the female kind of Sothernwood. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece i. i. 37 Lavender-Cotton,..Camomile, Lavender-tops..of each of these Herbs a small Handful. 1882Garden 17 June 427/1 As edging plants..Lavender Cotton. |