Obs. [mod.L. līmōnium = L. līmōnion (Pliny), a. Gr. λειμώνιον, neut. of λειμώνιος, f. λειμών meadow.] Any plant of the genus Pyrola, esp. P. rotundifolia; wintergreen.
1548. Turner, Names of Herbes, 48. Limonium named of the Herbaries Pyrola, is named in duch wintergrowen…. It maye be called in englishe wyntergrene. Ibid. (1562), Herbal, II. 39. The sede of Limonium … is good agaynst all kyndes of flyxes.
1664. Evelyn, Kal. Hort., July (1679), 21. Flowers in Prime, or yet Lasting…. Indian Tuberous Jacynth, Limonium [etc.].
1741. Compl. Fam.-Piece, II. iii. 386. You have besides the scarlet Lichnis,… divers kinds of Limoniums.
