The corpus record

χᾰμαι-κέρᾰσος

chamaikerasos · ὁ

dwarf cherry, Prunus prostrata

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What it meant

χᾰμαι-κέρᾰσος · chamai-kerasos — LSJ

= μιμαίκυλον, Asclep.Myrl. ap. Ath. 2.50e.

2 dwarf cherry, Prunus prostrata

dwarf cherry, Prunus prostrata, Plin. HN 15.104.

3 May lily, Convallaria majalis

May lily, Convallaria majalis, interpol. in Dsc. Eup. 1.154 Sprengel (post 145 W.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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