What does sermountain mean?
Sermountain means (now rare) A plant of the genus Laserpitium..
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/ˈsɜːˌmaʊn.tɪn/ · noun
(now rare) A plant of the genus Laserpitium..
Take of the freſh Roots of both Peonies, at Full Moon, each one Ounce and an half; ſlice them, and infuſe them in white-wine for the ſpace of a Day; of Contrayerra^([sic]) half an Ounce, of Sermountain ſix Drams[…]
La Cerda fancies it to be the Siler montanum, or Sermountain, because he thinks it more elegant for the poet to speak of two which grow in the plains, and two in the rivers[…]
[…]though both sermountain species grew abundantly among young Scots pines on the rocky, south-facing slope bordering the road.
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Sermountain means (now rare) A plant of the genus Laserpitium..
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Take of the freſh Roots of both Peonies, at Full Moon, each one Ounce and an half; ſlice them, and infuſe them in white-wine for the ſpace of a Day; of Contrayerra^([sic]) half an Ounce, of Sermountain ſix Drams[…]
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