The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche [and] Frenche with the commune names that herbaries and apotecaries vse. Gathered by William Turner.
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- The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche [and] Frenche with the commune names that herbaries and apotecaries vse. Gathered by William Turner.
- Author
- Turner, William, d. 1568.
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- [Imprinted at London :: By [S. Mierdman for] John Day and Wyllyam Seres, dwellynge in Sepulchres Parish at the signe of the Resurrection a litle aboue Holbourne Conduite,
- [1548]]
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- Botany -- Nomenclature -- Early works to 1800.
- Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
- Plant names, Popular -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche [and] Frenche with the commune names that herbaries and apotecaries vse. Gathered by William Turner." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14052.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2024.
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Hordeum called in greeke Crithe, in en∣glishe Barley, in duche Gerst, in frenche Orge, it is of diuerse kyndes. The fyrste kinde is called in latin Hordeum distichum, in englishe Barley. The seconde kynde is called in latin Hordeum tetrastichum, in en∣glishe By Barley or beare, or byg alone. Thys kynde groweth muche in the North countrey. The thyrde kynde is called in la∣tin Hordeum Hexastichum, I haue not sene thys kynde in Englande, but ofte tymes in high Germany, wherfore it maye be called in englishe duch Barley. The fourth kynde is called of Galene in the greeke tonge, Gymnochrithon, in latin Hordeum nudum of other some Hordeum mundum. It maye be called in englishe wheate Barley because it hath no mo Huskes on it thē wheat hath. It groweth in Italy.