| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Botanical name, Cynorrhodos—i.e. Greek kuno-rodon, dog-rose; so called because it was supposed to cure the bite of a mad dog (Rosa Canina, wild brier). | 1 |
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“A morsu vero [i.e. of a mad dog] unicum remedium oraculo quodam nuper repertum, radix sylvestris rosæ, quæ cynorrhodos appellatur.”—Pliny: Natural History, viii. 63; xxv. 6. |
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