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santonicus

santonicus [CL < σαντονικός], ~a, ~um, (bot.) wormwood (prob. Artemisia absinthium or Artemisia maritima). b lavender cotton, ground cypress (Santolina chamaecyparissus). capparis, lupinorum ‥ centonice Gilb. V 229. 1; sentonica ‥ sewermot MS BL Add. 15236 f. 185v; centonica quidam dicunt quod est absinthium ponticum SB 15; centonica see wourmod MS BL Sloane 5 f. 5v; absinthium, herba fortis, G. aloine, A. uuermode. respice in centonica et in sandonicum Alph. 1; absci[nci]um, respice in sagidonicum Ib. 3; centonica, secundum quosdam abscincium ponticum idem ‥ interficit vermes in ventre, G. centonicle Ib. 38; saxidonicum, absci[nci]um idem Ib. 163; sandonicum, sewarmode MS BL Sloane 282 f. 172vb; sandonicum, A. warmode that beryth wormsede MS BL Add. 27582 f. 33.  b lavender cotten ~um Levins Manip. 80; lavander cotten ‥ some call it ‥ santonia and female sothernewood OED s. v. lavender cotton.

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