Achilleum
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Achilles, from the idea that the Greeks put these or similar sponges under their helmets and greaves as shock absorbers,[1] erected in 1815; last used for species in 1841.
Proper noun
[edit]Achilleum n
References
[edit]- ^ 1874, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Transactions, page 52
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Achillēum
- inflection of Achillēus: