ἀσπάλαθος

English (LSJ)

[πᾰ], ὁ, Ar.Fr.749, but more commonly ἡ, as Pherecr. 109 (s. v.l.), Thphr.Od. 33:—name of a

   A spinous shrub, yielding a fragrant oil, = ἐρυσίσκηπτρον, camel's thorn, Alhagi maurorum, Thphr.9.7.3, Od.33, Dsc.1.20.    2 thorny trefoil, Calycotome villosa, Thgn.1193 (pl.), Arist.Pr.906b11, Theoc.4.57 (pl.), 24.89.    3 Genista acanthoclada, used as an instrument of torture, ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων τινὰ κνάμπτειν Pl.R.616a.