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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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Populeon, n. Also: Popillion. [e.m.E. (c 1550) and OF (15th c. in Godef. Compl.) populeon, med. L. *populeum, f. L. pōpulus Popill n.1 Cf. Popillo.] ‘An ointment made of the buds of the Black Poplar’. — 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI 311 b.
Fyve pund … vnguentum populeon at xj s. the pund
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