helichryse

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noun

An unidentified plant with yellow flowers, anciently used in garlands.

OriginAncient Greek ἑλίχρῡσος →
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Meanings

nounhelichryse (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn unidentified plant with yellow flowers, anciently used in garlands.

    And of wild flowers, there are the helichryse, and that species of anemone called the meadow anemone, and the gladiolus, and the hyacinth.

    1854, Athenaeus (translated by Charles Duke Yonge), The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the learned, Volume 3, page 1087

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἑλίχρῡσος“gold flower”
  2. Englishhelichryse

From Ancient Greek ἑλίχρῡσος (helíkhrūsos, “gold flower”).

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APA

helichryse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helichryse

MLA

“helichryse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helichryse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helichryse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helichryse.

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