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Definition of Matfelon
1. n. The knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
Definition of Matfelon
1. the greater knapweed [n -S]
Medical Definition of Matfelon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Matfelon
Literary usage of Matfelon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society by Middlesex Local History Council (1881)
"This word " matfelon " is one of which I cannot give you now a satisfactory
translation or meaning, for I have not yet arrived at any conclusion myself, ..."
2. Sinonoma Bartholomei: A Glossary from a Fourteenth-century Manuscript in the by John Mirfeld, John Lancaster Gough Mowat (1882)
"44, on the Church of St. Mary matfelon. He relates that the murderer of a certain
widow was set upon by the wives of the Parish who slew him out of hand ..."
3. London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"In explanation of the term matfelon, Stow tells a story of a certain Frenchman
having, in the year 1428, cruelly murdered his foster-mother, a widow of this ..."
4. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1901)
"... also a mansion and garden in the parish of St. Mary matfelon, Midd., ...
and tenements leased to the churchwardens (named) of St. Mary matfelon, ..."
5. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1806)
"(9 Hen V. 1421.) In the 9th year of his reign he authorized < [y~\ Vid. Survey of
London : B. 6. Chap. I. Vol. II. p. 707. St. Mary de matfelon (or White ..."
6. The Colour of London: Historic, Personal, & Local by William John Loftie (1907)
"Wormwood was grown as a medicinal wort like " matfelon," saffron and other herbs,
on the slopes near London and especially on the banks of the City ditch ..."
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