peplis, ĭdis, f., = πεπλίς,
the name of two plants , one of which was also called porcilaca, Plin. 20, 20, 81, § 210; and the other syce, meconion, or mecon aphrodes, id. 27, 12, 93, § 119.
·noun A genus of plants including water purslane. ...
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