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† ˈpasserage Obs. rare. [a. F. passerage cress (16th c. in Littré), f. passe (see passe-) + rage madness, from its supposed property of curing madness.] The French name of Garden-Cress. wild passerage (F. passerage sauvage), a synonym in Lyte of the Cuckoo-flower or Meadow Cress, Cardamine pratensis.
1578Lyte Dodoens vi. lx. 626 The wild Passerage or Coccow flowers. 1879Prior Plant-names (ed. 3) 178 Passerage, the garden cress. |