‖ myrrhis
(ˈmɜːrɪs, ˈmɪrɪs)
[late L., a. Gr. µυρρίς.]
= myrrh2. (Now only as generic name.)
| 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 54 Myrrhis is called in Cambrygeshyre casshes, in other places mockecheruel. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 202 Myrrhis, which some call Smyrrhiza, others Myrrha, is passing like vnto Hemlocke. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Myrrhis, Mock-Chervil. |