Meaning of truvisco by Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Spurge flax, thymelaea, chorovisco, trovisco, matapulgas, matagallinas, matapollos, shrub up to a meter in height present among the thickets of alistano mount lanceolate leaves with white flowers and fruit in the form of red berry. It is a poisonous plant, because baking Peel, leaves and berries is very laxative. It is also used in the chicken coop as an insecticide against the piojillo disease. It is said that some pastors tied a branch of spurge flax to the tails of sheep or lambs to halt decomposition. It has also been used as a system of fishing which is currently prohibited: branches of spurge flax is pounded and thrown in a river backwater. The resinous substance of this plant attacks the oxygen from the water with what after some hours the fish began floating belly up. The scientific name of this plant is Daphne Gnidium in memory of the Greek nymph Daphne (Apollo and Daphne ) and from the city of Cnidus in the ancient Asia minor ( current 41 Turkey;