† ˈbertram Herb.
Also bartram.
[a. Ger. bertram, berchtram, corruption of L. pyrethrum, Gr. πύρεθρον, f. πῦρ fire.]
Obsolete name of the Anacyclus Pyrethrum, or Pellitory of Spain.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 342 Of bastard Pelitory or Bartram..In French Pyrethre, or Pied d' Alexandre: in high Douch Bertram. 1640 Parkinson Theat. Bot. 858 Bertram is Pellitory of Spaine. 1783 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell), Bartram, pyrethrum. 1863 Prior Plant-n. 20 Bertram, a corruption of L. pyrethrum. |