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tetrahit

tetrahit [dub.], kind of plant (in some quot. identified w. herba judaica), perh. one that catches, entangles, or attaches itself, perh. meadow salsify (goat's-beard, Tragopogon pratensis), cleavers (Galium aperine), caltrops, or hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit). herba hircina i. ~it, fetet ut hircus et est similis matris silve, foliis utimur. A. swannestonge Alph. 80; tetrahith vel tetrahicus i. herba judaica Ib. 184; clyvere vel tetraid MS BL Sloane 2527 f. 220v; ~it, herba judaica est SB 42; ~it ‥ rubea minor Ib. 42.

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