achaemenis

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

ăchaemĕnis, ĭdis, f., = ἀχαιμενίς,

an amber-colored plant in India , used in magical arts , Plin. 24, 17, 102, 161; 26, 4, 9, 18; App. Herb. 56.