scandix pecten-veneris

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scandix pecten-veneris - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lady's comb \La"dy's comb"\, (Bot.)
     An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its
     clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.
     [1913 Webster]

  Cammock \Cam"mock\, n. [AS. cammoc.] (Bot.)
     A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa
     ; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris
      is also called cammock.
     [1913 Webster] Camomile