† velderuden.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= herb John n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun]
velderudea1300
grace of God?c1400
floure jonett1423
St John's-wort?a1425
St. Peter's wort1526
hypericum1538
St John's grass1538
johnswort1710
scare-devil1751
orange grass1811
pineweed1814
nit-weed1818
guttifer1846
rose of Sharon1849
amber1861
goatweed1915
Klamath weed1922
a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 557/18 Ypis, i. herbe Johan, i. uelderude.
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