ballōtē — Lewis & Short
ballōtē, ēs, f., = ballwth/,
I a plant, also called porrum nigrum, black horehound: Ballota nigra, Linn.; Plin. 27, 8, 30, § 54.
The corpus record — Latin
ballote
ballote · f
a plant
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
In the wild
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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