† clovetonguen.
Obsolete. Herbalism.
(See quot.)
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c1325 Gloss. in MS. Bodley 130 Scelerata, gl. cloftunge. Gl. Harl. 3388 Cicuta, cloftunke. Gl. Sloane 405 Scelerata herba vel apium risus, anglice cloftong (quoted in Sax. Leechd. II. Gloss.).
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Cloven~tongue.
1878 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Clove-tongue, black hellebore.
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