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A DICTIONARY OF 
Sal. ; Wore. Phyt. v. 159, N. s. In TF. dies, the berries are collected 
by the farmers as a cure for barrenness in cattle. 
Ox-eye. (1) Adonis vernalis, L. — ‘This is the right oxe eye 
described by Dioscorides,’ but there is a long disquisition as to this in 
Ger., p. 607, 608. Lyte, p. 189. 
(2) Chrysantheynum Leucanthemum, L. — ^With. ed. iv. Cumh. (also 
Oxen-eye and Girt (great) Ox-eye) ; Yks. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Prior, p. 171. It is often called Oxeye Daisy; Cumh.; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 62. 
(3) Chrysanthemum segetum, L. — ‘ A wild field Marygold, this is 
also termed an Oxe- eye if yellow and a wild Daisie if white.’ Holme’s 
Acad, of Armory, ii. 69. Sometimes called Yellow Oxeye in books. 
Oxford Weed. Linar ia Cyinhalaria, Mill. — Baxter, who states that 
it is ‘ abundant on almost every wall at Oxford.’ 
Ox-heal. Hellehorus foetidus, L. — ‘ In English Oxeheele or Setter- 
woort, which names are taken from his vertues, in curing oxen and 
such like cattell.’ Ger. 825. Usually spelt Oxeheele in Ger., but 
(more correctly) in the Index to Ger. Emac. and Park. Theatr. Oxe- 
heale. Prior, p. 171. 
Oxlip. Primula elatior, Jacq. — Ess., extended in other counties 
where this does not grow to P. variahilis, Goup., and the caulescent 
variety of P. vulgaris, L. Lyte. dies. ; Hants. Holl. ; Sal. (Oxslop) ; 
Suff. ; Suss. Holl. ; var. dial. Hal. ; North, Brockett. Turner gives 
Oxislip as a West Country name. Grose says P. veris, L., is so 
called in Ess. Oriip simply means a large coi^slip, and the origin of 
the latter name (which see) is obscure. 
Ox-tongue. (1) A name applied to several plants with rough prickly 
leaves. Helminthia echioides, Gsertn. — Ger. Index. Prior, p. 172. 
(2) Borrago opieinalis, L. — Lyte, but merely as a translation. ‘ In 
Latine . . . Lingua bo vis, that is to say, Langue de beuf, ou vache : 
in English Oxe tongue.’ 
(3) Anchusa officinalis, L. — Lyte. 
Oyster-green. Ulva Lactuca, L. — Prior, p. 172. ‘ Groweth upon 
rockes . . . especially among Oisters, and in greater plentie among 
those Oisters which are called Walfleete Oisters : it is very well 
knowne even to the poore Oisterwomen which carrie Oisters to sell 
up and down, and are greatly desirous of the said mosse, for the 
decking and beautifying of their Oisters, to make them sell the 
‘ better; this mosse they call Oister-greene.^ Ger. p. 1377. 
Oysterloyte. Polygonum Bistorta,L. — Lyte. ‘ Hescio an, magno 
errore, sed in nominibus plantarum, non inusitato, a Belg. Ooster- 
lucye, Aristolochia, et sane hse duse plantae Alexipharmaca vi sorores 
sunt.’ Skinner, who spells it Oister-loit. His view is supported that 
Turner (Names) says of Aristolochia rotunda, ‘ It may be named in 
englishe round ofter {sic) Luci or astrolochia,’ the latter being an 
obvious corruption of Aristolochia. P. Bistorta was called Astrologia 
(see this word and Osteriacks). 
Oyster Plant. Mertensia maritima, Don. — E. Bord. (‘ the taste of 
the leaves is singularly like to that of oysters ’), Bot. E. Bord. p. 147 ; 
Argylesh. ; Shetlands. 
Ozier. See Osier. 
