Lomatium

noun

Lo·​ma·​ti·​um

lōˈmāshēəm

: a genus of perennial herbs (family Umbelliferae) resembling parsley and having leaves that are for the most part finely and ternately compound and winged fruit that is oblong to orbicular

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek lōmation small border, diminutive of lōmat-, lōma hem, fringe

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