ellebore

See also: ellébore

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ellebor

Noun

ellebore

1. hellebore
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4151-4154:

     A day or two ye shul have digestyves
     Of wormes, er ye take your laxatyves,
     Of lauriol, centaure, and fumetere,
     Or elles of ellebor, that groweth there, [...]

     A day or two you shall have digestives
     Of worms, before you take your laxatives,
     Of spurge laurel, centaury, and fumitory,
     Or else of hellebore, that grows there, [...]

References

• “ellebore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.