margelineEtymologyFirst attested in 1572. Borrowed from French morgeline, derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae. See also chickweed, henbit.margeline means A type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.nounA type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell.“sheepe […] hate and abhor the female Pimpernell […] : howbeit, in case they should […] tast the Pimpernell with the blew floure, presently they have recourse (by a naturall instinct) to an hearbe for remedie called in Greeke Asyla, and by us in Latine Ferus oculus, [i. the wild and cruell eye, or Margellane.]”