melanthion

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. . 2011.

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