MELO, small melon, B. [III], ℞ [85]; MELOPEPO, muskmelon
Melon, ℞ [85]
MENSA, repast, see [CENA]
MENTHA, MINTHA, mint; —— PIPERITA, peppermint
“Menu,” cf. [Brevis Ciborum], Excerpts of Vinidarius, p. [235]
Merling, see [MERULA]
MERULA, MERLUCIUS, cf. [LUCIUS], a fish called merling, whiting, also smelt; Fr. MERLAN; also blackbird. Platina discussed MERULA, the blackbird, the eating of which he disapproves. “There is little food value in the meat of blackbirds and it increases melancholia,” says he. Perhaps because the bird is “black,” ℞ [419]
MERUS, MERUM, pure, unmixed, “mere,” “merely”; hence MERUM VINUM, —— OLEUM, pure wine, oil, etc.
Milan edition, Colophon, p. [260]