scorpioidesn.
Obsolete.
Scorpion grass.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlii. 61 Scorpioides or Scorpions grasse..is a small, base or lowe herbe.
1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 38 Sow divers Annuals to have Flowers all Summer; as..Scorpoides, Medica, Holy-hocks.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Scorpioides, a kind of Pulse.
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