See Also: asperifolious(medicine)

sarsen (iou) and asperifolious (medicine)


sarsen (iou)



sarsen noun. L17.
[App. var. of SARACEN.]
In full sarsen stone, sarsen boulder. Any of the once numerous large boulders or blocks of grey Tertiary sandstone or silicified conglomerate found on chalk downs, esp. in Wiltshire where they were used to construct prehistoric stone monuments.

asperifolious (medicine)


asperifolious
<botany> Having rough leaves.

By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceae or borageworts.

Origin: L. Asper rough + folium leaf.

Source: Websters Dictionary