Also SABADILLA. [a. Sp. cebadilla, dim. of cebada barley.] The seeds of Asagræa officinalis, a Mexican plant of N.O. Melanthaceæ.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Cevadilla, in botany, a name used by some authors for … Indian caustic barley.
1866. Treas. Bot., 98. Cebadilla seeds were formerly used to destroy vermin.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 391. Cevadilla was known to Monardes in 1573.
