† fluellinn.
/fluːˈɛlɪn/ Obsolete.
1. A name given to several species of Veronica or Speedwell, esp. V. officinalis.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell
lemkea1300
God's eye?a1350
waterlink?a1425
brooklimea1450
fluellin1548
Paul's betony1548
wood-penny1570
water pimpernel1575
ground-hele1578
speedwell1578
wild germander1578
germander chickweed1597
leper's herb1600
lime-wort1666
water purpy1683
water-speedwell1690
beccabunga1706
rock speedwell1719
Welsh speedwell1731
germander speedwell1732
St. Paul's betony1736
vernal speedwell1796
wall speedwell1796
cat's-eye1817
wellink1826
skull-cap1846
forget-me-not1853
veronica1855
angels' eyes1862
horse-cress1879
faverel1884
St. Paul's betony1884
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.v Veronica..is called in englishe Fluellyng.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 504 In Welch it is called Fluellen.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 101 Betonica Pauli, or Pauls Betony..or Fluellen . View more context for this quotation
1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 807 Male Speedwell, or Fluellin, or True Paul's Betony.
2. Misapplied to Linaria elatine and L. spuria.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > toadflax or cancer-wort
wild flaxa1400
cankerwortc1400
sulfc1450
linary1548
gall-wort1577
herb fluellin1578
toad-flax1578
cancerwort1597
flax-weed1597
linaria1597
butter and eggs1756
fluellin1756
1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 113 Fluellin. Elatine. The flower is small; it consists of a single petal.
1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal I. 108 Antirrhinum Elatine, Sharp-pointed Toad-flax, or Fluellin... Antirrhinum Spurium, Round-leaved Toad-flax or Fluellin.
1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot.
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