Obs. [Fr.: Littré gives a conjecture of Saumaise that it represents L. combretum or cobretum ‘a kind of rush’: but there is no approach in sense.] A plant: the Asarabacca (Asarum Europæum).
1580. Baret, Alv., H 208. An hearbe called Haselwort, or Cabaret, Perpensa … Bacchar.
1678. A. Littleton, Lat. Dict., Cabarick, or hazlewort, Perpensa.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 50. Cabaret or Wild Spikenard, grows in most parts of the Levant.
