pellitory of Spain

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several plants having edible, pungent leaves or roots, especially Anacyclus pyrethrum. uncountable
    — CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
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