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thapsus

thapsus [CL < θάψος], (bot.) mullein (Verbascum thapsus); b (w. ref. to juice); c (w. ref. to root). rododampno, i. taxos Gl. Laud. 1280; c1250 tapsus barbatus i. moleine i. softe WW; radapium, i. tapsus Alph. 153; tassus barbassus vel molena, quod est idem, habet principatum in cura earum [emorroydarum] Gad. 59v. 2; moleyne ‥ dapsus ‥ barbascus PP; verbascum a Graecis phlomos, ab officinis taxus barbatus, a vulgo mullen aut longwort appellatur Turner Herb. (1965) 58; recipe moleyn and swynez grese ‥ þis medicyne is called tapsivalencia MED s. v. tapsi valencia.  b succo fumitere vel tapsi bar' Gilb. II 83. 1; digeratur materia cum succo camomille et taxibarbassi Gad. 5. 1.  c radicem tapsibar Gilb. IV 180. 2.

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