apiastrum

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

ăpĭastrum, i, n. [apis].

I Wild-parsley : Selinum palustre, Linn.; Plin. 21, 12, 41, § 70; cf. Col. 9, 8, 12.—

II Balm , a plant of which bees are fond : melissophyllon, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 10; Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53.