aristolochia

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

ăristŏlŏchĭa, ae, f., = ἀριστολοχία,

a plant useful in childbirth , birthwort , Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 95 sqq.; Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; 2, 20, 47.