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† melampod Obs.
Also 6 melampode, -podi, 9 in Latin form melampodium.
[ad. L. melampodium, -ion, a. Gr. µελαµπόδιον black hellebore, f. µελαν-, µέλας black + ποδ-, πούς foot.]
Black Hellebore, Helleborus officinalis.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. July 85 Here grows Melampode every where. 1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 32 Heleborous [sic] Niger or Melampodi. 1643Parables reflecting on Times 12 Briony, Wormwood, Wolfebane, Rue, and Melampod (the emblems of Sedition, Malice, Feare, Ambition and Iealousie). 1656Blount Glossogr., Melampod (melampodium), the hearb called Hellebore. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 284 The melampodium or black hellebore was at one time a favourite cathartic in dropsies. |