mezereon

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See also: mézéréon

English

mezereon

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mezereon, mezereum, from Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /məˈzɪəriən/

Noun

mezereon (countable and uncountable, plural mezereons)

  1. An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
    Synonyms: February daphne, mezereum, spurge olive
  2. The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.

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Translations

Latin

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).

Noun

mezereon n (indeclinable)

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) mezereon, spurge-olive (Daphne mezereum)
    • a. 1561, أبو زكريا يحيى بن ماسويه (Mesua), Mesuæ Græcorum ac Arabum clarissimi medici Opera quae extant omnia, Venice, published 1561, page 2 of fol. 462:
    • a. 1568, أبو زكريا يحيى بن ماسويه (Mesua), Mesuæ medici clarissimi Opera, a Joanne Costa medico laudensi nunc recognita, & aucta adnotationibus, quibus à recentiorum calumniis divinus hic scriptor vendicatur., Venice, published 1568, page 140:
    • a. 1568, أبو زكريا يحيى بن ماسويه (Mesua), Mesuæ medici clarissimi Opera, a Joanne Costa medico laudensi nunc recognita, & aucta adnotationibus, quibus à recentiorum calumniis divinus hic scriptor vendicatur., Venice, published 1568, page 177:
    • a. 1568, أبو زكريا يحيى بن ماسويه Abū Zakarīyā Yaḥyā Ibn Māsawayh (Mesua), Mesuæ medici clarissimi Opera, a Joanne Costa medico laudensi nunc recognita, & aucta adnotationibus, quibus à recentiorum calumniis divinus hic scriptor vendicatur., Venice, published 1568, page 198:

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