caryophyllum

caryophyllum, ~us, ~a [καρυόφυλλον; cf. OF girofle, gilofre] 1 (dried bud of) clove (Eugenia caryophyllata); b (paid as rent). Cf. clavus 6. 1207 facias nobis habere ‥ xx li. cimini et dim. li. gariofil’ Cl 86b; ad unctius etiam et deliciosius ipsam [murenam] conficiendum ‥, ad piperem zincebremque gariaphilumque ceterasque species aromaticas dim. m. adjecit Gir. Spec. II 14; ut mens purgetur et corpus consolidetur, / macis sumatur, gariōphilus accipiatur [gl.: gariophilus dicitur a caris, quod est ‘gratia’, et philos, ‘amor’ ‥; gariophilus, †girofie, id est fructus arboris] Garl. Mor. Scol. 589; gariophili ‥ sunt ‥ fructus ‥ arboris in India. ‥ habent ‥ boni gariophili virtutem confortandi ex aromaticitate sua Bart. Angl. XVII 79; misceri debent gariofili, nux muscata, macis Bacon IX 67; 1285 dim. li. et j quar. de giloferis, ‥ precium libre ij s. (KR Ac 91/3) Arch. LXX 32; 1305 pro xvij libratis xij soldatis giloferarum EEC 342; 1329 per empcionem v li. gariofile et macys ExchScot I 141; 1373 in empcione viij li. garyofire Ib. II 444; non curarunt de zinzibere, citoval’ gariophilis [ME: ne of clou de gilofre] AncrR 144; RB Ossory 255 (v. caryophyllare 1b); foliorum: quando simpliciter ponitur in receptis folia sunt gariofili SB 21; gariophilus est fructus cujusdam arboris Alph. 70 (cf. ib. 10: †anchofili ‥, gariofili magni idem); 1357 in j quart’ garofili Ac. Obed. Abingd. 14; 1417 in j quart’ garifilorum Ac. Durh. 56; clow, spyce, garifolus PP; a clowe, gariofolus, species est CathA; cariophillon Turner Herb. Aiii V (v. clavus 6).  b 1250 reddendo ‥ j gariofilum in festo B. Mich. Cart. Osney II 127; 1268 reddendo inde per annum j clavum gariofili Couch. Kirkstall 50; c1270 j clavum gariofiri Reg. Ant. Linc. III 68; 1279 j clavum garapholii Hund. II 463; a1285 j clavum giloferi Carte Nativ. 448; 1303 j clavam galiofiri Cal. IPM IV p. 114; 14‥ de ‥ reditu ‥ trium clavorum gariopholi Reg. Brev. 1b. 2 a gillyflower, (?) clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus). b hazelwort (Asarum). a gyllofre, herbe, galiofolus PP.  b gariofilus agrestis, i. asarum SB 22; vulgago, asara baccara, ‥ gariafila ‥ idem Alph. 192.