† ˈgang-flower Obs.
[f. gang n.1 (see quot.).]
The milkwort (Polygala vulgaris).
| 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. clx. §6. 450 Milkewoort is called Ambarualis flos..bicause it doth specially flourishe in the Crosse or Gang weeke, or Rogation weeke..in English we may cal it Crosse flower or Gang flower. 1706 in Phillips (ed. Kersey); and in mod. Dicts. |