hypocisthis

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

hypŏcisthis, ĭdis, f., = ὑποκισθίς,

a parasitic plant that grows on the cisthus : Asarum hypocistis, Linn.; Plin. 24, 10, 31, § 81; 26, 8, 48, § 81; 28, 16, 92, § 177 al.