‖ cevaˈdilla, cebaˈdilla
Also sabadilla.
[a. Sp. cebadilla, dim. of cebada barley.]
The seeds of Asagræa officinalis, a Mexican plant of family Melanthaceæ.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Cevadilla, in botany, a name used by some authors for..Indian caustic barley. 1866 Treas. Bot. 98 Cebadilla seeds were formerly used to destroy vermin. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. 391 Cevadilla was known to Monardes in 1573. |