- melanthion
- mĕlanthĭum ( -on ), ii, n., = melanthion, the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower:
gith e Graecis alii melanthion, alii melaspermon, vocant,
Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182; Col. poët. 10, 245; also chamomile, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53.—Called also mĕlanthum, Ser. Samm. 30.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.