centunculus

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

centuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. cento].

I A small patch or patchwork , Sen. Ep. 80, 8; Ap. Met. 1, 6, 18 al.—

B Esp., a partycolored saddle-cloth , Liv. 7, 14, 7 Weissenb. —

II A plant , bind-weed , knotweed : Polygonum convolvulus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 15, 88, § 138; as fem. , id. 26, 11, 66, § 105.

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