ellebore
Appearance
See also: ellébore
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]ellebore
- hellebore
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4151-4154:
- A day or two ye shul have digestyves
Of wormes, er ye take your laxatyves,
Of lauriol, centaure, and fumetere,
Or elles of ellebor, that groweth there, [...]- A day or two you shall have digestives
Of worms, before you take your laxatives,
Of spurge laurel, centaury, and fumitory,
Or else of hellebore, that grows there, [...]
- A day or two you shall have digestives
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4151-4154:
References
[edit]- “ellebore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.