asphaltĭon, ii, n., = ἀσφάλτιον,
a kind of clover with long leaves , and of the odor of asphaltum; among the Gr. μινύανθες, prob. the common bituminous clover : Psoralea bituminosa, Linn.; Plin. 21, 9, 30, § 54 (in Col. 6, 17, 2, written as Greek).