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Definition of Olitory
1. a. Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.
Definition of Olitory
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Olitory
1. a pot-herb [n OLITORIES]
Medical Definition of Olitory
1. Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds. "At convenient distance towards the olitory garden." (Evelyn) Origin: L. Olitorius belonging to a kitchen gardener, or to vegetables, fr. Olitor a kitchen gardener, fr. Olus, oleris, vegetables. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olitory
Literary usage of Olitory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such by Noël Antoine Pluche (1766)
"... and Advantages О F GARDENING in General^ AND OF THE olitory, OR KITCHEN-GARDEN,
in particular. DIALOGUE V. "Tbe PRIOR. The С н EVA LI ER. Prior. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"olitory, s. borla corn hortaliça Omnipresent, adj. que esta pré para corner,
olitory, adj. cousa de horta ou Omniscience, s. omnisciencia, sciencia, ..."
3. The Lady's Recreation: Or, The Third and Last Part of the Art of Gardening by Charles Evelyn, John Evelyn, John Laurence (1717)
"... the Stems of old Artichokes; clip bearing Rafes; gather olitory Seeds, clipping
the Herbs within one Handful of the Ground, before the Full of the Moon. ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1884)
"He calls the kitchen-garden the " olitory garden." In a dedication of his "
Kalendarium Hortense " to Cowley, he inserts two or three good sentences or ..."
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