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Headword: Ξίρις
Adler number: xi,69
Translated headword: xiris, xyris, gladwyn, gladdon, Iris foetidissima
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A kind of aromatic plant.
Greek Original:
Ξίρις: εἶδος φυτοῦ ἀρωματικοῦ.
Note:
Xiris is used in Theophrastus, HP 9.8.7 but more often the word appears as χύρις : Dsc.4.22, Plin.HN21.143, Gal.12.87. It probably refers to the gladwyn or gladdon, Iris foetidissima. Leaves smell funny when crushed; formerly used as purgative.
Keywords: botany; definition; medicine
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 15 February 2000@12:49:20.
Vetted by:
Ross Scaife (added note submitted by Carl Widstrand) on 19 February 2000@13:57:16.
William Hutton (Added headwords, set status to high) on 20 February 2000@15:38:35.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 4 January 2005@09:28:20.
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