† jubarbn.
/ˈdʒuːbəb/ Obsolete.
The houseleek.
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sengreenc1000
houseleeka1400
jubarbc1450
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a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 558/26 Iouis barba, i. iubarbe, i. singrene.]
c1450 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 301 Yeve here jus of rasne and jubarde.
1526 Grete Herball ccclxxxi. sig. X.ii An herbe that is called also Iobarde.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 237 The lesse Sengreen or Iubarb groweth vpon walls..likewise vpon the tiles of house-roofs.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) The Great Jubarb is a Plant that has great Pulpy and thick Leaves,..sharp at the Ends like a Tongue.
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