A rare or obsolete plant name, possibly referring to a specific herb or medicinal plant in historical herbals.
From unknown origin, possibly from Greek or Latin botanical terminology; may derive from a proper name or regional place name.
Plant names in medieval herbals are almost archaeological now—'dorine' might have been a common herb then, but modern botany's systematic Latin names replaced these evocative, untraceable names.
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