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jacea

jacea , (bot.): a (~ea alba) greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) or silverweed, goose tansy (Potentilla anserina). b (~ea nigra) lesser knapweed (Centaurea nigra). a 13‥ ~ia alba, scabiose, et nigra, madefelon Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 81; ~ia alba, scabiosa SB 24; ~ea alba, scabiosa idem G. scabiose, A. scabwort Alph. 83; ~ia alba, scabyus PP.  b non detur tyriaca per os, sed datur ~ea nigra, i. matefelum, quod crescit in segetibus Gilb. IV f. 173v 2; post purgationem ‥ intrent bal[neum] dissintericorum ex †lacea ni’ [l. jacea nigra] Ib. V 125. 1; 13‥ ~ia nigra, madefelon, herba venti idem Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 81; recipe ‥ ~ee nigre, consolide, utriusque plantaginis Gad. 129v. 2; ~ia nigra, matfelonn SB 24; ~ea nigra, G. mathfelonn, A. bulwed vel hardhaw Alph. 83; matefelon, herbe: ~ia nigra, -ae -gre; fem., prime, et dicitur alba scabious or cowede PP; mattefelon, ~ea, herba est CathA.

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