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napel (c.1300)
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napel (c.1300)

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  FEW:  napus 7,11a Gdf:  napel 5,468b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  napel  TLF:  napel  OED:  napell, n.  / napellus, n.  / napelo, n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  napellus 1883c

While napel is attested in a number of dictionaries meaning 'aconite, Aconitum napellus, monkshood, wolfsbane', its flowers are not heart-shaped as the first citation mentions, and it may be that the author of Gloss Arab has confused it with another herb.

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bot.a plant, probably bird's foot trefoil, clover, or alfalfa: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Alnefel, c'est une herbe que sa forme resemble a quer d'ome et a nom napel  Gloss Arab 366.47
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Beeles, che est une herbe qui a non napel et porte venime  Gloss Arab 370.100

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