Definition of Amaracus

1. n. A fragrant flower.

Definition of Amaracus

1. marjoram [n -ES] - See also: marjoram

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaracus

amanitas
amanitin
amanitine
amanitines
amanitins
amanitoid
amanse
amantadine
amantadine hydrochloride
amantadines
amanuenses
amanuensis
amapakati
amapakatis
amara
amaracus (current term)
amarant
amarantaceous
amaranth
amaranth family
amaranth solution
amaranthine
amaranths
amaranthum
amarantite
amarants
amarelle
amarelles
amaretti
amaretto

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 ..."

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