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† ˈscabwort Obs.
[f. scab n. + wort. An old name of this plant was Scabiosa major.]
The plant Elecampane, Inula Helenium.
c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 83 Iacea alba, scabiosa id. g⊇ scabiose, a⊇ scabwort. 1526Grete Herball clii. (1529) l v b, De Enula campana. Elfe docke, Scabwoort, or horshele. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden lxxix. 148 We in English call it Elecampane generally, yet in some Countries of this Land, it is called Scabwort and Horse-heal. |