ˈmill-ˌmountain ? Obs.
[Of obscure origin; the 1633 editor of Gerarde says the plant was sold under this name at Winchester.]
Fairy flax, Linum catharticum.
| 1633 Gerarde's Herbal ii. clxvii. 560 Take a handfull of Mill mountaine [etc.]. 1640 Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1336. 1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 119 Purging Flax. Mill-mountain. |