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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of other plant names, like βαλαύστιον (balaústion, “flower of the pomegranate”), βαλλωτή (ballōtḗ, “black horehound”) and βάλλις (bállis, “unknown kind of plant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈβa.la.ris/ → /ˈva.la.ris/
Noun
βάλαρις • (bálaris)
- rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
- Synonym: λυχνίς (lukhnís)
- sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
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