melilot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛlɪlɒt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin melilōtos, from Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melílōtos), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”); later reinforced by Old French mellilote.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.
Melilot boiled in wine and applied mollifies all hard tumours and inflammations that happen in the eyes or other parts of the body, as the fundament or privy parts of man or woman.
1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 187:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| melilots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |