A.a myrtle-like plant, Hp.Mul.1.34.
II. warty excrescence on the stem of the myrtle, like the kermes berries on the holm-oak, Dsc.1.112, Plin.HN23.164.
III. seed of the Persian pepper-tree, Hp.Mul.2.205, Gal.19.106.
2. an Indian or Persian fruit used as pepper, Diosc.Gloss. ap. Gal. l.c.