ˈtrip-madam Herb.
Also 7–8 tripe-madam(e.
[a. F. tripe-madame, according to Hatz.-Darm. an alteration of the earlier trique-madame, trick-madam. Taken from De La Quintinye by Evelyn, and thence in later herbalists and horticulturists. The earliest Eng. form was prick-madam.]
= trick-madam.
| 1693 Evelyn De La Quint. Compl. Gard. II. vi. 202 Tripe-Madam is one of our Sallet-Furnitures; it is used chiefly in the Spring when it is tender. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 177 Trip Madam is propagated of Seeds, Cuttings, or Slips; 'tis used in Salads in Spring. 1879 Prior Brit. Plants, Trip Madam..a plant used as a treacle or vermifuge, Sedum reflexum. |