Obs. [f. EARTH sb.1]

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  1.  In OE. ? A cucumber; also = glossarial L. mandragora.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Num. xi. 5. Cucumeres þæt synd eorþæppla. Ibid. (c. 1000), Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 136. Mandragora, eorðæppel.

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  2.  = SOW-BREAD (? Cyclamen europæum).

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 300. Cankerous sores are cured with the root of Sowbread, which we call the earth apple.

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  3.  ? The potato [transl. Fr. pomme de terre]. In mod. Dicts.

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