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scorzonera|skɔːzəʊˈnɪərə|
Also rarely 7 scorsonera, skarsinarie, scozonera, 8 scorchanarrow, -enarrow.
[a. It. scorzonera (whence mod.L. scorzonēra) = F. scorsonère, scorzonère, Sp. escorzonera, Pg. escorcioneira; prob. f. It. scorzone some kind of venomous snake, Sp. escorzon (Cat. escorçu), some kind of toad or lizard deemed venomous. Cf. the following:
1580J. Frampton Monardes' 2 Med. agst. Venom 133 They call this herbe Escuerçonera because it doeth heale..the bytinges of this beast called Escorçu [printed Estorçu] in the Catalan tongue, and the same roote is like too the sayde beast. ]
A plant of the modern genus (Tournefort, 1700) Scorzonera, esp. S. Hispanica or black salsify, much cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable and somewhat resembles the parsnip. S. Hispanica was also formerly called viper's-grass. Also the root of this plant.
It was supposed to be good against the bites of vipers and other venomous creatures.
1629Parkinson Parad. 301 Wee call them in English Vipers grasse, or Scorsonera. 1666Oldenburg Let. to Boyle 15 Nov. B.'s Wks. (1744) V. 363 Colonel Blunt presented the company..with excellent scorzoneras, which he said might be propagated in England as much as parsnips. 1690in Thanes of Cawdor (Spald. Club) 353, 2 drope of skarsinarie..ane unce of Turkie persell. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet in Aliments, etc. i. 250 Scorzonera, demulcent in the Small Pox. 1738Ochtertyre House Bk. (S.H.S. 1907) 142 Eggs bufft harrings and scorchanarrow. 1756J. Hill Brit. Herbal 444 Tall, narrow-leaved Scorzonera. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v., Scorzonera hispanica..is a native of Spain, but is cultivated in this country; and its root is sold in the markets as Scorzonera. 1882Garden 11 Nov. 425/3 Salsafy and Scorzonera can be strongly recommended for culture. 1884W. Miller Plant-n. 122 Scorzonera, French, Scorzonera picroides (Picridium vulgare). Scorzonera, Garden, Scorzonera hispanica.
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1666W. Boghurst Loimogr. (1894) 76 Juniper berryes, *Scorzonera roots. 1731Gentl. Mag. I. 91 Sow scorzonera salsfy, and slip skerrits of the last years growth.
1772Graves Spir. Quix. (1820) II. 155 Mr. Selkirk asked him, what the virtues of that *Scorzonera-water were, which he observed he drank every day after dinner. |