crassula

1 crassula , a (sts. w. minor) stonecrop (Sedum sp.). b (usu. w. major) orpine (Sedum telephium). c (w. media) houseleek (Sempervivum). Cf. cressula. a grassula, hleomuc Gl. Durh.; in succo †epinte, ~e, sempervive carnem intinge Adel. CA 3; succo solatri ac semper vive, ~e etiam et vermicularis ‥, tempora mulceantur P. Blois Ep. 43. 127B; †crassura, terrestris gravitas intensa profundum / dat tibi; quod lata es, aëris esse liquet Neckam DS IV 814 (815); sic videmus quandoque in montibus siccis herbas specialiter humidas procreari, sicut est herba que dicitur †q’asula [? l. crasula], cimbalaria, vermicularia Bart. Angl. IV 3; inungantur ‥ succo sempervive aut crassulle, vermicularis, cimbalarie Gilb. II 94 v. 1; succus ~e mi[noris] potatus et emplastratus eos [lumbricos] excludit Ib. V 229 v. 1; ~a minor, vermicularis, A. stancroppe SB; ~a minor ‥ crescit [super] lapidem et vomitum provocat, A. †tecesorite[v. l.: †tecesdirte] Alph. 34; stoon croppe, herbe, ~a minor PP; ~a minor, A. crawsope WW. b recipe ~e maj[oris] et mi[noris] ‥ Gilb. I 26 v. 2; capiatur folium unum cresule majoris vel portulace Gad. 5 v. 1 (cf. ib. 7 v. 1: de cortice foliorum portulace, ~e majoris vel sempervive); ~a major, aurum valet, A. orpin SB 17 (cf. ib. 23: halsewort, i. ~a major); ~a major, faba silvestris idem, subalba est et spissa habet folia. G. †orme[v. l. orpyne], A. †alfuurt[l. alsuurt] Alph. 34; orpyn’, ~a major, herba est CathA; telephium herbarii fabam inversam aut ~am minorem [sic] vocant, vulgus orpyn appellat Turner Herb. C i v. c orpyn, herbe, ~a major; et media dicitur how[s]lek, et minima dicitur stoncrop PP.

2 crassula [? by conf. w.quercula] , germander or groundpine. Cf. chamaedrys, chamaepitys. ~a major et minor, respice in camedreos Alph. 29; quercula major, camepitheos, crasulla major Ib. 152.

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