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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1660
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Worme grass, n. [e.m.E. worme grasse (1578) stone crop.] A species of plant believed to have curative properties. —1660 S. Ronaldshay 30.
Schoe gave to Jonet Couper … some worme grass for curing of the worme 1660 S. Ronaldshay 31.
Her husband … declaired that that quhilk he sawe in the cloute and cast into the fyre was lyke leaven. Bot Kathareen Mansone said that it was worme grass
