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sagapenum

sagapenum [CL < σαγάπηνον], serapinum 1 aromatic gum derived from Ferula persica, serapine, sagapenum. serapinum [v. l. sirapinum], amomatum, opanaclum ‥ Neckam Ut. 109; cornu caprinum combustum ‥ vel serapinum naribus applicetur Gilb. II 115v. 2 (cf. ib. II 119. 2 : serap’); sagapini ‥ piperis albi et longi ‥ Ib. VII 346v. 1; serapinum, euforbium, oppopenacum et alie gumme in quibus est caliditas tepida cum exiccatione Gad. 65v. 2; diversarum ejus [sc. ferule] specierum sunt gumme sagapinum, amoniacum, galbanum, oppopanacis, et asafetida SB 21; gummi pini, i. pix resina, i. sagapinum vel serapinum secundum quosdam SB 23; radapium sive serapium gummi est Alph. 153; sagapinum lacrimum est ferule nascens in Media Ib. 160; serapinum gumi cujusdem arboris est in Grecia [v. l. adds respice in radapium] Ib. 166. 2 (as name of a plant): a sermountain (Laserpitium siler). b white mustard (Sinapis alba) or sim.. c sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis) or marjoram (Origanum vulgare). a sagapium sive serapium [v. l. sarapinum], sileos vel siseleum vel siselenium, siler montanum idem, G. et A. syrmountayne Alph. 160; siseleos vel siselenum, sagapium vel serapium, septemete, siler montanum idem, G. et A. sermontayne Ib. 169.  b serapinum, i. sinapis secundum quosdam SB 39.  c sagapinum, serapinum ‥ mochworte MS Camb. UL Dd. 10. 44 f. 110vb; 14‥ segapinum, serapinum ‥ mugwort MS Camb. UL Dd. 11. 45 f. 114rb; 14‥ sigapium, serapium ‥ mechewort MS St. John's Coll. Camb. E6 (109) f. 81ra. 3 (understood as) sort of syrup made from roses. the syrup made thereof [i. e., of roses] called in Latine drosatum or serapium; the apothecaries call it sirupe of roses solutive Gerard Herball III 1 p. 1082.

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