λυχνῖτις

English (LSJ)

ιδος, ἡ,

   A candlewick, Verbascum mallophorum, the leaves of which served as lampwicks, Plin.HN25.121, BGU485.10 (ii A. D.); = φλομίς, Dsc.4.103.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λυχνῖτις: ῐδος, ἡ, φυτόν τι, τοῦ ὁποίου τὰ φύλλα ἐχρησίμευον ὡς θρυαλλίδες τῶν λύχνων, Πλίν. 25, 74· φλομὶς λ. ἐν Διοσκ. 4. 104.