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‖ ˈcotula, † ˈcotule Bot.
[A med.L. application of L. cotula (see prec.) referring to the shape of the flower: Lyte has the anglicized form cotule.]
A genus of Compositæ, allied to camomile.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. xxx. 186 The second kinde [of wilde Camomill] is now called in Latine and in Shoppes Cotula fœtida..The thirde kinde is called Cotula non fœtida..I haue Englished it Unsauerie Camomill, foolish Mathes, and White Cotula without sauour. The fourth kinde may wel be called Cotula lutea, seeing it is so well like vnto the Cotules abouesaide; in English Golden Cotula. 1601Chester Love's Mart. (1878) 87 White Cotula. |