peridexion
peridexion noun: a legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons.
Noun
peridexion (plural peridexions)
- A legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons.
- The inscription appears to represent a very rare medieval allegory for the church, found in only a very few medieval manuscripts and known as the peridexion tree. The story is that the peridexion tree was to be found only in far-off India, and that it bore the most marvellously sweet fruit that...2015, Matthew Champion, chapter 17, in Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England’s Churches, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 165
Forms of peridexion
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Origin of peridexion
From Ancient Greek περιδέξιον (peridéxion), used in the Physiologus.
Questions about peridexion
- What does peridexion mean?
- Peridexion means a legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons.
- What part of speech is peridexion?
- Peridexion is a noun.
- What is the plural of peridexion?
- The plural of peridexion is peridexions.
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