Obs. Also 6 bulbyne. [L. bulbinē, Gr. βολβίνη.] A bulbous plant mentioned by Pliny; applied by Turner to Gagea lutea.
1548. Turner, Names of Herbes (1881), 21. Bulbine called in Duche hundes vllich maye be called in englishe dogges Leike. Ibid. (1568), Herbal, I. G v a. Of bulbine or wylde leeke.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 52. An herb which the Greekes call bulbine, with a red bulbous root.
1611. Cotgr., Oignon sauvage, Bulbine, wild Bulbus, Corne Leeke.
