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helichryse

helichryse noun: an unidentified plant with yellow flowers, anciently used in garlands.

Noun

helichryse (uncountable)

  1. An unidentified plant with yellow flowers, anciently used in garlands.
    • And of wild flowers, there are the helichryse, and that species of anemone called the meadow anemone, and the gladiolus, and the hyacinth.1854, Athenaeus (translated by Charles Duke Yonge), The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the learned, Volume 3, page 1087

Origin of helichryse

From Ancient Greek ἑλίχρῡσος (helíkhrūsos, “gold flower”).

Questions about helichryse

What does helichryse mean?
Helichryse means an unidentified plant with yellow flowers, anciently used in garlands.
What part of speech is helichryse?
Helichryse is a noun.

Words near helichryse in the dictionary

  1. helicene
  2. helicenes
  3. helices
  4. helichopper
  5. helichoppers
  6. helichryse
  7. helichrysin
  8. helichrysum
  9. helichrysums
  10. helici-
  11. helicicultural

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