margeline

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noun

A type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.

OriginFrench morgeline ← Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae →
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Meanings

nounmargeline (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralobsoleteA type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.
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    sheepe […] hate and abhor the female Pimpernell […] : howbeit, in case they should […] tast the Pimpernell with the blew floure, presently they have recourse (by a naturall instinct) to an hearbe for remedie called in Greeke Asyla, and by us in Latine Ferus oculus, [i. the wild and cruell eye, or Margellane.]

    Pliny the Elder (1601), Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World

Origin

  1. Medieval LatinMorsus gallinae
  2. Frenchmorgeline
  3. Englishmargeline

First attested in 1572. Borrowed from French morgeline, derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae. See also chickweed, henbit.

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APA

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MLA

“margeline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margeline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “margeline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margeline.

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