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† Colmenier Obs.
[As the name appears also to have the variant tol-me-neer ‘entice me near’, Dr. Prior has suggested that colmenier stands for cull me-near; cf. Cull me to you as a name of the Heart's-ease (Gerard 703 and 855).]
Old name of the Sweet William or a variety of it.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. vii. 155 Sweete William or Colmenier..is also somwhat like to the cloaue Gillofers. Ibid. ii. vii. 157 There is a kind of this herbe [sweete Williams] which is common in the countrey gardens, and they call it Colmeniers. Ibid. ii. viii. 157 (Floure Constantinople) Many [flowers] clustering togither after the manner of Tol-me-neers, or sweete Williams. |