Meanings
plural fluellins · alternative lluellin
- 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 LVII1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Welshllysiau Llewellyn
- Englishfluellin
From Welsh llysiau Llewellyn, literally Llewellyn's herbs.
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