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peridexions

peridexions is the plural of peridexion.

Meaning of peridexion

Noun

peridexion (plural peridexions)

  1. 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

Questions about peridexions

What is peridexions the plural of?
Peridexions is the plural of peridexion.

Words near peridexions in the dictionary

  1. periderms
  2. peridesm
  3. peridesmic
  4. peridesmium
  5. peridexion
  6. peridexions
  7. peridia
  8. peridial
  9. peridialysis
  10. peridialytic
  11. peridiastole

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