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xylocerata

xylocerata [cf. ξυλοκέρατον] 1 carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) or its fruit (esp. considered as resembling a horn). xirocerata, i. cornua simili Gl. Laud. 1530; fac sirupum ‥ cum apozimate xilocaracte Gilb. IV 195. 1; in aqua celesti in quo xilocaracta ‥ decoquantur Ib. V 118v. 2; siliqua, i. fructus qui dicitur carobia. respice in xilocarecta Alph. 170; exilo cataracta, i. fructus quasi lignum cornutum vel scriptum, qui etiam dicitur vaginella vel siliqua Ib. 194; xinocerata, id est cornua Ib.. 2 kind of briar or wild rose, prob. eglantine (Rosa rubiginosa) or dog rose (Rosa canina). 14‥ silocaracta, eglentere MS BL Sloane 1067 f. 287.

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