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SANTALACEAE
(
La
)
Sandalwood Family(
Le
)
sandalum, santalum, = sandalwood.
(
Ox
)
OSYRIS (now COLPOON)
(
G
)
Cape Sumach(
Le
) Pruimbas
ozos, = a bough, branch, twig, shoot. (the bush is much branched)
(
LS
,
Le
)
THESIDIUM
(
G
)
THESIUM, (q.v.); -idium, = diminutive. (the little Thesium)
(
BL
,
M
)
THESIUM
(
G
)
thes, = a serf or villain, who is bound to the soil; a hired labourer. (mean apperance of the plants) thesion, = a species of flax (Plin.)
(
LS
,
Le
,
Ca
)
COLPOON (Was OSYRIS)
(
G
)
Cape Sumach(
Le
) Pruimbas
colpos, = womb, the lap or fold; any lap or hollow. colpoo, коλπόω, = to form into a lap or fold: to make a sail belly or swell.
(
LS
)