ficoidesn.
/fɪˈkɔɪdiːz/ A botanical name applied to various plants; in quots. the Ice-plant ( Mesembrianthemum crystallinum).
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ficoides.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 579 The spangled beau, Ficoides, glitters bright the winter long.
1811 M. Starke Beauties of C. M. Maggi 48 Nymph on whose breast the gem'd Ficoides beams.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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