orobitis

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

ŏrŏbītis, is, f., = ὀροβῖτις (like the chickpea; hence, sc. chrysocolla),

borax dyed of a yellowish color by means of the plant lutum, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.