cachrys

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cachrys, yos, f., = κάχρυς κάγχρυς).

I An appendage to the catkin of certain trees in autumn , a cone , Plin. 16, 8, 11, § 30; Cels. 5, 18, n. 5; admixta cachry, Plin. 22, 22, 32, § 71; 27, 13, 109, § 134.—

II The capsule of rosemary , Plin. 24, 11, 60, § 101. —

III The white kernel of the plant crethmos, Plin. 26, 8, 50, § 82.