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Syriacus

Syriacus, Syrian, of Syria (a country of Asia)

Syriacus [CL], Syriac, Syrian; b (of flower of mallow (perh. spec. rose of Sharon) or of a kind of mast-bearing tree or flowering ash, also as sb. m.). de nardo ‥ est ‥ ejus species triplex, sc. Indica, ~a, et Celtica non tamen crescit in Syria sed in quadam terra montosa que in uno latere tangit Syriam, et in alio Indiam Bart. Angl. XVII 110; 1534 syr[ia]ca coll[yria] Rec. Nott. III 192.  b herbe ~e i. malve Gilb. VII 357v. 2; malva siriaca ‥ cujus flos vocatur siriacus, foliis, flore, radice et semine utimur Alph. 111; ros siriacus i. flos orni vel malve Ib. 155; siriacus est flos malve SB 39; flos syriacus, flos malve sed ros syriacus est flos orni SB 21; 14‥ flos ciriacus i. flos malve Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 79v.

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