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hysginum

hysginum · n

the darkred color obtained from the plant

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Where it lives

De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

hysgĭnum — Lewis & Short

hysgĭnum, i, n., = u(/sginon,

I the darkred color obtained from the plant u(/sgh, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140; 21, 26, 97, § 170; Vitr. 7, 14; Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.

In the wild

hysgino Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.9.p70
hysgino Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.6.p12
hysgino Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.14.1

Where it came from

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