Spicknel

Quick meaning: Spicknel is a noun meaning Rare spelling of spignel.

Meaning

Rare spelling of spignel.

Example Sentences

Bärwurz […] distilled from bear's wort (spicknel); served as a digestive

The Root ſpreadeth divers long Strings, blackiſh without, like the Meum, or Spicknel, and abideth many Years.

I would gladly cõſẽt to thẽ yͭ holde yͭ yͤ herbe wich is called of the apothecaries feniculũ tortuoſum⸝ of yͤ Northẽ Engliſhe mẽ ſpiknel⸝ of the Duche mẽ berwurtz⸝ is yͤ true mew, if yͭ I could fynd any ſpicknel or berwurtz yͭ were of ij. cubites hygh.

Mū (spicknel). I never met anyone who knew it and I have never seen a vernacular name for it. I myself think that it is the plant called in the vernacular mwr'nh. […] Mū is an Arabicized form of the Greek μῆον, the name of spicknel (baldmoney; Meum athamanticum Jacq., Apiaceae).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spiknel, spikenel, spignel, spikenard, spignet, spikemoss.

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