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A DICTIONARY OF 
With. = A Botanical Arrangement of British Plants, bj William 
Withering, M.D. Various editions. 1776 — 1830. The Homan 
numerals following the reference indicate which edition is 
quoted. 
Wr. = Wright’s Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English. 
1869. 
Aac, an oak, Qiiercus Rohur, L. — North, Hal. Wr. ; Yks. Hal. 
Hence aakm, oaken. 
Aar, Alniis glutinosa, L. — W. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Aaron (L. arum), Arum maculatum, L. — Crete Herhall. 
Aaron’s Beard. (1) Hypericum calycinum, L., so named from the 
bundles of hair-like stamens. Prior, p. 1. — S. Dev.; Ess. Hal., 
Wr. ; Olou. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Roxh. Jamieson: who applies 
it to //. perforatum, hut II. calycinum is clearly meant. 
(2) Spircea salicifolia, L. — N. Bucks (gardens). 
(3) Orchis mascida, L. — Berw. (Cockburnspath) Bot. E. Bord. ' 
(4) Linaria Cymhalaria, L. (in cultivation). — Edinh. Phyt. i. 
711, o.s. 
(5) Saxifraga sarmentosa, L. (in cultivation). 
Aaron’s Rod, from the tall straight stem, and connected with Aaron 
because his rod, like his beard, is familiar from its mention in Scrip- 
ture History. 
(1) Verhascum Thapsus, L. — Olou,.; Oxf. and Midlands; Moray, 
El. M. 
(2) Solidago Virgaurea, L. — Sal. (Whitchurch) ; Warw, A garden 
species of Solidago {S. canadensis, L. ?) is so called in Herts. 
Abbey, Populus alha, L. A corruption of Abele. — Tre6AHal. ; Westm.; 
Yks. Wr. Also called Abbey-tree. — Yks. Holl. 
Abele, Populus alha, L. — ‘ It is called ... in low-Dutch aheel, of 
his horie or aged colour, and also Aheelhooine ; ... in French Auhel, 
Ohel, or Aubeau ; in English . . . Aheell, after the Dutch name.’ 
Ger. Prior (p. 1) says that the name was introduced with the tree 
from Holland in Evelyn’s time ; but the above extract shows it to 
have been in use at a much earlier date. — Hants. Holl. 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Borago orientalis, L., ‘from the three 
shades of colour in the flowers on one stem.’ — N. Line. In E. D. S. 
Gloss, c. vi. Mr. Peacock assigns this name to Symphytum officinale, L., 
but the plant we received from him was the Borago mentioned. 
Abraham’s Balm, ‘ a kind of willow.’ — Hal. Wr. Probably a cor- 
ruption of Ahrahams-hoom, a Dutch name for Vitex Agnus-castus, 
L., given by Dodoens. 
Abrecock, an apricot. — Ger. Hal. ‘The form ahricock is still in 
use in Somersetshire.’ — Wr. See Apricock. 
Abricot, ‘ an apricot. Rider calls an apricot-tree an ahricot-apiilel — - 
Hal. Nares. Wr. See Apricock. 
