caricæ

noun

figs, especially those from Caria

OriginLatin carica →
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Meanings

nouncaricæ pl (plural only)
  1. obsoletepluralplural onlymedicinefigs, especially those from Caria

    Caricæ taken largely give a fetor to the Sweat.

    1776, John Rutty, Observations on the London and Edinburgh dispensatories, page 205

Origin

  1. Latincarica
  2. Englishcaricæ

From Latin carica.

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