mĕlanthĭum (-on), ii, n., = μελάνθιον,
the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower : gith e Graecis alii melanthion, alii melaspermon, vocant, Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182; Col. poët. 10, 245; also chamomile , Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53.—Called also mĕlanthum , Ser. Samm. 30.