† ˌtreacle ˈclover Herb. Obs.
A name given by the herbalists to more than one leguminous plant; esp. to Psoralea bituminosa, a native of the Mediterranean and Levantine region.
| 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 158 b, The sede and the leaues of triacle clauer, dronken in water, help the pleuresye. 1578 Lyte Dodoens iv. xli. 500–1 Of the right Trefoyle, or Treacle Clauer... The flowers grow from the sides of the stalkes vpon long stemmes,..of a deepe blew or skye colour. 1579 Langham Gard. Health (1633) 148 Treacle, or garden Clauer..prouoketh vrine and termes, and cleanseth the matrix. 1884 Miller Plant-n., Treacle Clover, Psoralea bituminosa. |