mĕlancrānis — Lewis & Short
mĕlancrānis, is, f., = mela/gkranis (black-head),
I a kind of rush with black seeds, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112.
The corpus record — Latin
melancranis
melancranis · f
a kind of rush with black seeds
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- Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
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