mezereon
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/məˈzɪəriən/
Definition of mezereon
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An 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!”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)An 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!”
- (countable, uncountable)The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin mezereon, mezereum, from Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).
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