cynosbatos

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

cynosbătŏs, i, f., = κυνόσβατος.

I The dog-rose or wild-brier , Plin. 16, 37, 71, § 179; Col. 11, 3, 4; App. Herb. 87.—

II Cynosbatos, also called cynapanxis or neurospastos, the black currant : Ribes nigrum, Linn.; Plin. 24, 14, 74, § 121; also called cynospastos (κυνόσπαστος), id. ib.—

III The caper - bush : Capparis spinosa, Linn.; Plin. 13, 23, 44, § 127.