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σησᾰμο-ειδής

sesamoeides

like sesame

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What it meant

σησᾰμο-ειδής · sēsamo-eidēs — LSJ

like sesame, sesame-seeds

like sesame or sesame-seeds, Thphr. HP 3.13.6; of bones, Gal. UP 2.12.

II fruit of ἐλλέβορος μέλας

σησαμοειδές, τό, fruit of ἐλλέβορος μέλας, Dsc. 4.162; used medicinally, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 60, Ep. 21; hellebore from Anticyra acc. to Diocl. Fr. 152; also σ. φάρμακον Str. 9.3.3.

2 purple rock-cress, Aubrietia deltoidea

σ. τὸ μικρόν, purple rock-cress, Aubrietia deltoidea, Dsc. 4.163 (also called σ. τὸ λευκόν, Ps.-Dsc. ibid.).

3 bastard rocket, Reseda alba

σ. τὸ μέγα, bastard rocket, Reseda alba, Dsc. 4.149.

Where it came from

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