polytrichon

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

pŏlytrĭchon, i, n., = πολύτριχον.

I The herb golden-hair , Venus's-hair , Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63; called also pŏlythrix , trĭchos, f., πολύθριξ, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 147. —

II A precious stone , otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.