† ˈsarazine Obs.
[a. OF. sarazine, sar(r)asine aristolochia:—pop. L. sarracīna for late L. sarracēna (sc. herba), fem. of sarracēnus Saracen.]
Birthwort.
| 1525 Grete Herball cclxxiv. (1529) P v b, Mynte romayne or sarazyne is hote & drye in y⊇ seconde degre. 1866 Treas. Bot., Sarazine, Aristolochia Clematitis. |