Helxine, Petast, Myrobalon, which the Arabians called Been, as if you would say an acorn, for it hath a kind of resemblance thereto, and withal is very oily. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
Helxine. it.w etmola. From Wordnik.com. [Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex] Reference
Helxine digerendt vim habet. From Wordnik.com. [Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex] Reference
Helxine. From Wordnik.com. [Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex] Reference
Helxine, fd eft. From Wordnik.com. [Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex] Reference
Lonicera, Hamulus, Helxine. — r-ln others from left and right; as in Phafeolus, Dolichofy Qlitoria, Glycine, Securidaca, Convolvulus, Ipo~. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
Others, again, have received their denomination from their forms, such as the Trefoil, because it is three-leaved; Pentaphylon, for having five leaves; Serpolet, because it creepeth along the ground; Helxine, Petast, Myrobalon, which the Arabians called Been, as if you would say an acorn, for it hath a kind of resemblance thereto, and withal is very oily. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
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