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Definition of Amaracus
1. n. A fragrant flower.
Definition of Amaracus
1. marjoram [n -ES] - See also: marjoram
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaracus
Literary usage of Amaracus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"Diocles, the physician, and the people of Sicily have given the name of " amaracus"
to the plant known in Egypt and Syria as ..."
2. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1916)
"The meaning clearly is that the amaracus had flowers and threw shade. On the
latter matter, the umbra of the amaracus, I found just one thing which gave any ..."