† ˈmorecrop Obs. rare.
Also 6 (? erron.) merecrop.
[? f. more a. + crap n.1 (sense 2).]
The plant Burnet Saxifrage, Pimpinella Saxifraga.
| a 1400–50 Stockholm Med. MS. 194 Pympernol or selfhol or weyewourth or morecrop: ipia maior. 1597 Gerarde Herbal App., Merecrop is Pimpernell. |