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tapsie1 (c.1240)
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tapsie1 (c.1240)

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tassie  (tarsie)  
  FEW:  thapsia 13/i,299a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tapsie  DMF:  tapse  TLF: ∅ OED:  Thapsia n.  MED:  tapsia n.  DMLBS:  thapsia 3429a

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bot.thapsia, deadly carrot, plant with a poisonous root, Thapsia garganica: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Pernez les racines tapsie e la racine de la raiz salvage  A-N Med i 66
( MS: c.1300 ) Tapsia: herba est cuius radix facit inflare vultum terentis, g[allice] tarsie  Bot Gloss 117.281
( c.1300 ) Tapsia: (A1) gallice tapsie  Plant Names 249
( c.1340 ) Terentis: (B2) gallice tassie  Plant Names 250

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