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samrok (c.1300)
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samrok (c.1300)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  shamrock n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: Irish )
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The present citation predates any currently attested use of the word. See eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language semrach.

s.

bot.clover, shamrock, Trifolium pratense: 
( MS: c.1300 )  Pur fere poysoun: Pernez bugyl, senekyl, [...], pulleol montayne, plantayne, clavyr .i. samrok vel trifolium portans florem rubeum, non autem trifolium portans florem album  Pop Med 241

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