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أبيبطرون abībiṭrūn (or: asṭrūn)
astaroz
– for abībiṭrūn (or: asṭrūn): epipetron (a kind of rock plant) (bot.) show/hide quotes-
Aris. Anim. II 681a23: sicut animalia quae exeunt ab arboribus quae dicuntur barneteoz, et dicuntur Graece astaroz
Kruk: مثل الحيوان الذى يخرج من الشجر الذى يسمى برناسوس وهو يسمى باليونانية ابيبطرون [var.: اسطرون]
- 1 Aris. Anim. II
< Arabic < Greek ἐπίπετρον. Van Oppenraaij 1998, 285–286 for a possible misunderstanding by the Latin translator. This sense of the Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.