† crow-leek Obs.
A name given, according to Gerarde and later writers, to the wild hyacinth (Scilla nutans): by earlier writers sometimes to crow-garlic.
| c 1000 ælfric Gram. (Z.) 311 Hermodactula vel tidolosa crawan leac. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 376 Nim..þa wyrt..þæt is on ure geþeoda þæt greata crauleac. a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 38 Scordion, allium agreste, florem habet blauum. Similis est allio ortolano, florem habet indum, angl. Crowelek. c 1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 177 Scordam, i. alium agreste..angl. wildelek uel crauwelek. 1597 Gerarde Herbal App. to Table. |