ˈdogstones
[transl. med.L. Testiculvs canis (Turner, Lyte); from the shape of the tubers.]
A name for various British species of Orchis.
| 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. xcviii. 156. 1672–3 Grew Anat. Roots i. §8 (1682) 58 Some also have two or more Roots..of which some are distinctly fastend to the bottome of the stalk, as in dogstones. 1773 Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 57 Salep is a preparation of the root of Orchis, or Dogstones. |