baldmoney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
  2. A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/

Word forms

baldmoney bald-money bawd money bawd-money baldmoyne bald-moyne

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.

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