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piretre (s.xiii2/4)
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piretre (s.xiii2/4)

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peretre,  peretro,  piretri,  piretro,  piretron,  piretrum  
  FEW:  pyrethrum 9,648b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: piretre 7,970 DEAF:  pelestre (piretre)  DMF: ∅ TLF:  pyrèthre  OED:  pyrethrum n.  MED:  piretrum n.  DMLBS:  pyrethrum 2592a

According to the OED, Classical Latin pyrethrum (producing piretre, pelestre and petre1) and Medieval Latin parietaria (producing peritorie) became confused early, resulting in a semantic overlap between the two word-families.

s.

bot.pellitory, Spanish chamomile, Anacyclus pyretrum (the root of which was turned into a powder and used for medicinal purposes): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  .ii. onces piper, piretrum, fiques secches  A-N Med i 196
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  receit gingembre, canel, galingal, peivre lonc et peivre neir, espic, ciperon, folion, piretron, esquinant, maimuine [...]  Pop Med 335.22

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See also:

pelestre  petre1 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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