Bot. Also 9 erron. soldinella. [mod.L., a. It. soldanella of obscure origin; hence also Pg. soldanella, F. soldanelle (16th cent.). Cf. prec.]
† 1. A species of convolvulus or bindweed, Convolvulus soldanella. Obs.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health, 607. Soldanella purgeth downe all kind of watrish humors.
1597. Gerarde, Herball, II. ccxciii. 691. Soldanella hurteth the stomacke, and troubleth the weake and delicate bodies which do receiue it in powder.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 51. The sea Colewort (otherwise named Soldanella) of all others purgeth most forcibly.
1676. Phil. Trans., II. 629. On the Bay-side, Soldanella or Sea-Scurvygrass [grows] in great plenty. Ibid. (1697), XIX. 397. Two Purging Sea Bindweeds, call’d in our Shops Soldanella.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 89. Soldanella … is a Species of Bindweed or a small Plant that sends forth slender, winding, reddish Stalks.
2. A primulaceous plant of the genus Soldanella, native in Alpine districts.
1629. [see MOONWORT 5].
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. 111/2. Mountain Soldanella, is a bell-flower … of a fair blew.
1867. Cornhill Mag., Jan., 54. Masses of purple primulas, yellow pansies, and delicate little soldinella.
1882. Garden, 3 June, 385/3. Soldanellas in leaf soil … have grown well.
