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matricaria [cf. LL matricarius = class of soldier] 1 feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium). febrifuga, i. arbor S. Marie, ~ia idem SB 21; parthenium, quod officine vocant ~iam (nisi longe fallar) est herba illa quam vulgus appellat fever few, aut fetherfew Turner Herb. B iv v. 2 mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). ~ia vel matricalis ‥ G armoise, A. mugwort vel mugwed Alph. 13; muncaria [? l. matricaria], mugwode MS London Soc. Antiq. 101 f. 89. 3 (~ia aquatica) ‘brook motherwort’, ? brooklime (Veronica beccabunga). ~ia aquatica secundum quosdam azarabaccara idem, calamentum silvestre idem, A. moderuurt Alph. 106; matriqueria aquatica secundum quosdam azarabaccaria MS BL Sloane 3149 f. 8v.

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