mezereon

British  

/ mɛˈzɪərɪən /

noun

1. a Eurasian thymelaeaceous shrub, Daphne mezereum, with fragrant early-blooming purplish-pink flowers and small scarlet fruits

2. another name for mezereum

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Etymology

Origin of mezereon

C15: via Medieval Latin from Arabic māzaryūn

Example Sentences

They had reached a great square, where leafless trees were covered with a beautiful purple blossom, something like mezereon.

From The Jolliest School of All by Brazil, Angela

Daphne mezereum, the mezereon, — in Selborne Hanger among the shrubs at the south-east end above the cottages.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

Bulbs were pushing up in the garden, and the daphne mezereon was out already in the warm corner near the bee-hives.

From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela

D. Mezereum, mezereon, a rather larger shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high, has deciduous leaves, and bears fragrant pink flowers in clusters in the axils of last season’s leaves, in early spring before the foliage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

Combined with senna, it increases its purgative properties; and it is also used to correct the nausea produced by squills, and the irritating effects of drastic purgatives and mezereon.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous