cnecus

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

cnēcus (cnīcus), i, m., = κνῆκος,

safflower : Carthamus tinctorius, Linn.; Plin. 21, 15, 53, § 90; 21, 32, 107, § 184; Col. 7, 8, 1; Scrib. Comp. 135.