† floscampyn.
(See quot. 1398.)
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxiii. 963 [Flos campi..is a litel flour wiþ a smal stalk and þe flour is reed as blood].
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 31 Sette on euery pompe a flos campy flour.
c1440 York Myst. xli. 366 Haill! floscampy, and flower vyrgynall.
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