helxine

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

helxīnē, ēs, f., = ἑλξίνη.

I A prickly plant , otherwise unknown, Plin. 21, 16, 56, § 94.—

II A plant , otherwise called perdicium: Parietaria officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 22, 17, 19, § 41.