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balsemite
noun,
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2 occ.
Type: plant
Last Update: 24.08.2011 11:49
References Last Update: 19.10.2022 15:26
Meanings Last Update: 05.06.2009 14:55
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A: plant: native
Mentha aquatica L., water mint, Wasser-Minze -
B: plant: native Clapham (1962,738): "doubtfully native".
? Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds., spear mint, Ross-Minze
Comments Last Update: 12.04.2011 08:44
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Comment on (A): Mentha aquatica L., water mint, Wasser-Minze
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Comment on (B): ? Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds., spear mint, Ross-Minze
Another problable identification is Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds., spear mint, Ross-Minze (→balsmēþe). The L lemmata normally are glossed with →brōc-minte. Andrè identifies the L BALSEMITA with Mentha silvestris L. (= Mentha longifolia L., spear-mint, Ross-Minze) and Mentha viridis L. (= Mentha spicata L., spear-mint, Ährige Minze).
There are many different mint species, therefore a distinct identification is hardly possible.
Occurrences Last Update: 24.04.2009 06:02
Image Last Update: 24.08.2011 11:49
Mentha aquatica L., water mint, Wasser-Minze |
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Botanical-Information: stylised plate Source: →reference-information
Kops, Jan.
Flora Batava. 3. Deel. Amsterdam: J. C. Sepp en Zoon, 1814.
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Research Literature
AntK:
Kindschi, Lowell.
The Latin-Old English Glossaries in Planton-Moretus Manuscript 43 and British Museum Manuscript Additional 32,246. Unpubl. diss. Stanford University: 1955.
BW III:
Bierbaumer, Peter.
Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen. Grazer Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 3. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1979.
DOE:
Cameron, Angus, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette di Paolo Healey, et al. (eds.).
Dictionary of Old English (A to G). CD-Rom. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for the Dictionary of Old English Project, 2008.
Dur:
Lindheim, B. von.
Das Durhamer Pflanzenglossar. Beiträge zur englischen Philologie. 35. Bochum-Langendreer: Pöppinghaus, 1941.
André, Jacques.
Les noms de plantes dans la Rome antique. Paris: Société d'édition 'les belles lettres', 1985.
MS Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, 47.
MS London, British Library, Add. 32246.
MS Durham, Cathedral, Hunter 100.
Sauer, Hans.
Patterns of loan-influence on the Medieval English plant names, with special reference to the influence of Greek. In: Foreign Influences on Medieval English, Eds. Jacek Fisiak, and Magdalana Bator. Studies in English medieval language and literature. 28. Frankfurt/Main: Lang, 2011. 55-76.
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Wright,Wülcker (1976, 136,6): balsminte.
There are many different mint species, therefore a distinct identification is hardly possible.