† ˈstandelwort Obs.
Also 7 standle, 9 (Dicts.) stander-.
[a. MLG. standel-, stendelwort = MHG. standel-, stendelwurz, f. standel, stendel of the same meaning (f. root of stand v.) + LG. wort, HG. wurz wort n.]
= standergrass.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens ii. lvi. 217 Of Standelworte or Standergrasse..There are diuers sortes of Standergrasse called in Greeke Orchis. 1601 Holland Pliny II. Table, Serapias, a kind of Orchis or Standelwort. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1090/2 Standerwort, Orchis mascula. |