sermountain

Definitions

A plant of the genus Laserpitium.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“Take⟳ of the freſh Roots of both Peonies, at Full Moon, each one Ounce and an half; ſlice them, and infuſe them in white-wine for the ſpace of a Day; of Contrayerra^([sic]) half an Ounce, of Sermountain ſix Drams[…]”

“La Cerda fancies it to be the Siler montanum, or Sermountain, because he thinks it more elegant for the poet to speak⟳ of two which grow⟳ in the plains, and two in the rivers[…]”

“[…]though both sermountain species grew abundantly among young Scots pines on the rocky, south-facing slope bordering the road.”

CEFR level