Translingual

Aegilops ventricosa, Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg

Proper noun

Aegilops f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the goatgrasses.
2. A taxonomic genus within the class Bivalvia.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Poaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Pooideae - subfamily; Triticeae - tribe
• (genus in Bivalvia): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class

English

Alternative forms

• ægilops

Noun

aegilops ‎(plural aegilopses)

1. An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
   • 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 6th Edition, Volume 2, page 205,

     If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone.

   • 1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America,

     If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye.

   • 1846, Paulus Aegineta, Francis Adams (translator), The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta, Volume 2, page 284,

     The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy.

2. (obsolete) The wild-oat or other grass found as a corn-weed.

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.

Anagrams

• spoilage