leucacantha

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

leucăcantha, ae, f., and leucă-canthos, i, m., = λευκάκανθα.

I The white thorn , form leucacantha, Plin. 22, 16, 18, § 40; form leucacanthos, id. 21, 16, 56, § 94.—

II A plant , called also phalangites and leucanthemon, Plin. 27, 12, 98, § 124.