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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given by the herbalist Gerard to a double variety of the dame's-violet, Hesperis matronalis, otherwise known as close (that is, double) sciney. The latter term arose from an early specific name, Damascena, which was understood as dame's scena.
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hernesheir commented on the word close-sciences
It's a plant. The pieces of it's name have an interesting (to me) derivation.
February 15, 2013