Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†BUNNEL, BUNNLE, n.
1. “The cow parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium “(Lnk. 1825 Jam.2). The word is still used in this sense (Lnk. 1975). Also for a pea shooter made from the dried stalk of the plant (Ib.).
2. “Ragwort, Senecio jacobæa” (Upper Clydesd. Ib.).
[Cf. Bunewand and Bunweed.]
