balsamita

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βᾰ́λσᾰμον (bálsamon). First attested in 1419.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /balʲsa(ː)mita/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /balʲsamita/, /balʲsɒmita/

Noun

balsamita f

  1. costmary (Tanacetum balsamita)
    • 1900 [1460], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 3584:
      Balszamytha herba Christophori
      [balsamita herba Christophori]
noun

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “balsamita”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Spanish

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Noun

balsamita f (plural balsamitas)

  1. any of a number of plants of the genus Tanacetum
  2. wild clary, Salvia verbenaca
  3. costmary (Tanacetum balsamita)

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