χαμαιμυρσίνη
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
English (LSJ)
ἡ, = μυρσίνη ἀγριά, Plin.HN15.27, 23.165, prob. to be read for sq.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χᾰμαιμυρσίνη: ἡ, ἡ μικρά, χαμαίζηλος μυρσίνη, = ὀξυμυρσίνη, ὃ ἴδε.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α
το φυτό οξυμυρσίνη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χαμ(αι)- + μυρσίνη (πρβλ. ὀξυμυρσίνη)].
Wikipedia EN
Ruscus aculeatus, known as butcher's-broom, is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. It is native to Eurasia and some northern parts of Africa. Ruscus aculeatus occurs in woodlands and hedgerows, where it is tolerant of deep shade, and also on coastal cliffs. Likely due to its attractive winter/spring color, Ruscus aculeatus has become a fairly common landscape plant. It is also widely planted in gardens, and has spread as a garden escapee in many areas outside its native range. The plant grows well in zones 7 to 9 on the USDA hardiness zone map.
The Latin specific epithet aculateus means “prickly”.
Translations
ar: سفندر مدبب; az: ponti bigəvəri; bar: kosmanstaud; bg: бодлив залист; br: bug; ca: galzeran; co: caracutellu; da: musetorn; de: Stechender mäusedorn; el: λαγομηλιά; eo: pika rusko; et: torkav ruskus; eu: erratz; fa: کولهخاس; fi: pikkuruskus; ga: giolcach nimhe; gl: xilbarbeira; gv: guilckagh; he: עצבונית החורש; hr: bodljikava veprina; hsb: wšědna myšaca wěcha; hu: szúrós csodabogyó; io: rusko; ja: ナギイカダ; kab: arereǧ; nap: avrusca; pl: myszopłoch kolczasty; ru: иглица колючая; sh: bodljikava veprina; ta: இலையடி பழச்செடி; tr: tavşanmemesi; uk: рускус колючий; vec: bruschi; zh: 假葉樹
