Achilleum
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Achilles, from the idea that the Greeks put these or similar sponges under their helmets and greaves as shock absorbers,[1] erected in 1815; last used for species in 1841.
Proper noun
editAchilleum n
References
edit- ^ 1874, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Transactions, page 52
Latin
editAdjective
editAchillēum
- inflection of Achillēus: