Obs. Also 4, 5 lauriol(e, lawryol. [a. F. laureole, ad. L. laureola, lit. a little garland of laurel.] Spurge Laurel, Daphne Laureola. (In early use not clearly distinguished from LAUREL sb.1)
c. 1386. Chaucer, Nun’s Pr. T., 143. Of lawriol, Centaure, and ffumetere.
c. 1430. Lydg., Commend. Our Lady, 73. Thou mirthe of martyrs, sweter than citole,… Unto virgynes eternal lauriole.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 291/1. La(u)ryol, herbe (lawryal K., lawryol S.), laureola.
1596. P. Barrough, Meth. Phisick (ed. 3), 444. Laureole is more forcible in operation.
