pulicarius

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

pūlĭcārĭus, a, um, and pūlĭcāris, e, adjj. [pulex],

of or belonging to fleas , producing fleas , flea-bearing : herba, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37, 197; 3, 8, 97.—Hence, subst.: pūlĭcārĭa , ae, f., a plant , called also psyllion, Theod. Prisc. p. 1, 10.