chrȳsŏmēlum — Lewis & Short
chrȳsŏmēlum, i, n., = xruso/mhlon (golden apple),
I a kind of quince, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37.—Hence, chrȳsŏmēlĭnus, a, um, adj.:
mala, the same,Col. 5, 10, 19.
The corpus record — Latin
chrysomelum
chrysomelum · n
a kind of quince
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- chrysomela Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 15.11.p1
Where it came from
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