hermodactyl

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin hermodactylus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἑρμοδάκτυλος (hermodáktulos, “Hermes's finger”).

Noun

hermodactyl (plural hermodactyls)

1. (obsolete) A type of root, probably from a plant of the genus Colchicum, as imported and used in Western medicine.
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     […] turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […]