Solomon's seal

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Etymology

From genitive form of Solomon (king of ancient Israel) + seal, translating Medieval Latin sigillum Solomōnis.

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Solomon's seal (plural Solomon's seals)

  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Polygonatum, especially Polygonatuym multiflorum.
    • 1898, Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and her German Garden, Vintage, published 2017, page 6:
      Then, when the anemones went, came a few stray periwinkles and Solomon's Seal, and all the bird-cherries blossomed in a burst.
  2. A mystic symbol in the form of a hexagram.

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