melaspermon

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕlaspermon: i, n., = μελάνσπερμον,
I the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower (v. melanthium), Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mĕlaspermon, ī, n. (μελάσπερμον), nigelle [plante] : Plin. 20, 182.