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oxyacantha

oxyacantha, ~us [LL < ὀξυάκανθα, ὀξυάκανθος], oxyacanthum , barberry (Berberis vulgaris). b ? (understood as) opopanax. oxichantum, i. carspusia Gl. Laud. 1114; oriacantum vel oricantum, berberis idem Alph. 131; oxicantos arbor est nimium spinosa, fructum mirte similem habens, sed paulo majorem rubeum interius et granatum, et est autem cohercentis virtutis Ib. 133; oxiacantum, i. berbris MS BL Sloane 5 f. 10va; oxicantum, verberys MS BL Sloane 282 f. 171v; oxiacantha sive pyxacanthis aut pyrena, ab officinis et vulgo berberis dicitur, aliquibus pypryge vocatur Turner Herb. B iv; ~a is called in Englishe ‥ berberes Id. Herb Names E viii; a barbery tree, oxochanta Levins Manip. 103.  b ogigantum [? l. oxiacanthum], i. opopanax Gl. Laud. 1101.

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