English Explanatory Dictionary

margeline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.

Word forms

margeline

Etymology

First attested in 1572. Borrowed from French morgeline, derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae. See also chickweed, henbit.

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