morion

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

mōrĭon, ii, n., = μώριον.

I A narcotic plant, nightshade, also called strychnus: alterum genus (strychni), quod halicacabon vocant ... ab aliis morion, ab aliis moly appellatum, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180.— —

II The male mandrake : album hoc (genus) alii arsena alii morion vocant, Plin. 25, 13, 94, § 148.

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