fluellin

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noun

Any of various varieties of Veronica, especially Veronica officinalis; speedwell.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounfluellin (countable and uncountable, plural fluellins)

plural fluellins · alternative lluellin

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableAny of various varieties of Veronica, especially Veronica officinalis; speedwell.

    Round-leaved female fluellin, or speedwell. It grows among the corn, flowering in July or August, in England.

    1770, Charles Alston, Lectures on the Materia Medica, Lecture LVII
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    There is another sort of Lluellin which has longer branches wholly trailing upon the ground two or three foot long and sometimes more, thinner set with leaves thereon, upon small footstalks.

    1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged
  2. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of fluellen (Kickxia spp.)

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Origin

  1. Welshllysiau Llewellyn
  2. Englishfluellin

From Welsh llysiau Llewellyn, literally Llewellyn's herbs.

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