Dictionary

baldmoney en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/

Etymology

Apparently a corruption of Latin valdē bona (“very good”) (a plant mentioned in Leonhart Fuchs's Great Herbal). Earliest forms seem to come from an intermediate, unattested French form baudemoine (modern French baudremoine) and by analogy to the plant name agrimony.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
2. (obsolete, uncountable) A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
   • Gentius king of Illyria was the first founder of this herbe, and the first that used it in medicine, for which cause it was called Gentian after his own name: in Greek, γεντιανή, which name also the apothecaries retaine unto this daie, and call it Gentiana: it is named in English Felwoort Gentian; Bitterwoort; Baldmoyne, and Baldmoney. 1597, John Gerard, Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, Chapter 100: Of Felwoort, or Baldmoney , pages 350–352:

Forms

Synonyms

bearwort · spignel · meon · meu · meum

Translations (21)

ro brie (Meum athamanticum) · fi karhunjuuri (Meum athamanticum) · it finocchio alpino (Meum athamanticum) · ar مُو (Meum athamanticum) · nl bergvenkel (Meum athamanticum) · fr baudremoine (Meum athamanticum) · it finocchiella (Meum athamanticum) · pl wszewłoga górska (Meum athamanticum) · fr fenouil des Alpes (Meum athamanticum) · sh štŕbac (Meum athamanticum) · it finocchio delle Alpi (Meum athamanticum) · fr fenouil de montagne (Meum athamanticum) · fr méum (Meum athamanticum) · de Bärwurz (Meum athamanticum) · grc μῆον (Meum athamanticum) · bg див копър (Meum athamanticum) · fr cerfeuil des Alpes (Meum athamanticum) · ca meu (Meum athamanticum) · cs koprník (Meum athamanticum) · la mēum (Meum athamanticum) · ar شِبِتّ بَرِّيّ (Meum athamanticum)

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