Meanings
plural mezereons · alternative mezerion
- countableuncountableAn ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
We, Greville, are happy in these parks and forests: we were happy in my close winter-walk of box and laurustinus and mezereon. In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the crocusses, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transports!
1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Conversation II. Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney.”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, pages 18–19Synonyms: February daphne, mezereum, spurge olive
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicمَازَرْيُون
- Medieval Latinmezereon
- Englishmezereon
From Medieval Latin mezereon, mezereum, from Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).
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Arabic مَازَرْيُون
- مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn)shrub
Basque ereinoztxo
- ereinoztxoshrub
Bulgarian обикнове́но бя́сно дърво́
- обикнове́но бя́сно дърво́ (obiknovéno bjásno dărvó)shrub
Catalan tintorell
- tintorellshrub
Czech lýkovec jedovatý, lýkovec obecný
- lýkovec jedovatýshrub
- lýkovec obecnýshrub
Dutch rood peperboompje
- rood peperboompjeshrub
Estonian näsiniin
- näsiniinshrub
Finnish näsiä, riidenmarja
- näsiäshrub
- riidenmarjashrub
French mézéréon
- mézéréonshrub
German Seidelbast, Kellerhals
- Seidelbastshrub
- Kellerhalsshrub
Hungarian farkasboroszlán
- farkasboroszlánshrub
Latin mezereon, mezereum
- mezereonshrub
- mezereumshrub
Latvian parastā zalktene
- parastā zalkteneshrub
Lithuanian paprastasis žalčialunkis
- paprastasis žalčialunkisshrub
Persian مازریون, هفت برگ
- مازریون (mâzaryun)shrub
- هفت برگshrub
Polish wawrzynek wilczełyko
- wawrzynek wilczełykoshrub
Portuguese mezereão
- mezereãoshrub
Romanian tulichină
- tulichinăshrub
Russian волчея́годник обыкнове́нный, во́лчник обыкнове́нный
- волчея́годник обыкнове́нный (volčejágodnik obyknovénnyj)shrub
- во́лчник обыкнове́нный (vólčnik obyknovénnyj)shrub
- во́лчье лы́ко (vólčʹje lýko)shrub
Slovak lykovec jedovatý
- lykovec jedovatýshrub
Spanish mezereón
- mezereónshrub
Turkish mezeryon
- mezeryonshrub
Welsh bliwlys
- bliwlysshrub
Cite this entry
mezereon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mezereon
“mezereon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mezereon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mezereon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mezereon.
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