melampode

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελάμπους (melámpous), from μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛləmpəʊd/

Noun

melampode (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) The black hellebore.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     Here growes melampode every where

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “melampode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)