dial. Also elgins, eldin-docken. [Of unknown etymology: identified with next by Jamieson, who alleges that the plant was used for fuel.] The Butter-bur (Petasites vulgaris); by Jamieson erroneously said to be Rumex aquaticus.
1562. Turner, Herbal, II. 83 a. Petasites … is called in Northumbreland an Eldin, in Cambridgeshire a Butterbur.
1808. Jamieson, Eldin-docken, Roxb.—Elgins, Loth.
