myagrum
/mʌɪˈaɡrəm/noun
Originally: †the Mediterranean plant gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa ( obsolete ). Later: a plant of the genus Myagrum (family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)), formerly including gold of pleasure but now consisting of a single Mediterranean weed, Myagrum perfoliatum; (in form Myagrum) the genus itself.
- Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 640..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Lyte (1529–1607), botanist and antiquary. From post-classical Latin myagrum, alteration of classical Latin myagros (Pliny), a plant with oil-bearing seeds, perhaps Camelina sativa from Hellenistic Greek μύαγρος (Dioscorides), lit. ‘mouse-catcher’ from ancient Greek μῦς mouse + ἄγρα hunting, way of catching, fact of catching.