Bot. Obs. [a. Gr. ἄμμεως gen. of ἄμμι, Ammi, here taken as nom.] = AMMI.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 192. Oþer swilc hwites cweodowes & ameos.
1585. Lloyd, Treas. Health, N vj. Ameos … dryueth forth ye stone broken.
1631. Markham, Way to Wealth, I. i. Gloss., Ameos, Comin royal, is a Herb of some called Bulwort, Bishops-weed, or Herb-William.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 3. Ameos … has Leaves like Dill.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., According to Lemery, the plant takes its name ammeos from αμμος, its seed being very like grains of sand.
