lauriol

Middle English

Etymology

From Middle French laureole, from Latin laureola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.ri.ɔl/

Noun

lauriol

1. spurge laurel
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Of wormes, er ye take your laxatyves,
     Of lauriol, centaure, and fumetere

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