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Epigeum Epigeum Ep*i*ge"um, n. [NL. See Epigee.]
See Perigee. [Obs.]
Geum urbanum Avens Av"ens, n. [OF. avence.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb
bennet.
Geum urbanum Bennet Ben"net, n. [F. beno[^i]te, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of
benedictus, p. p., blessed. See Benedict, a.] (Bot.)
The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum);
herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as
the hemlock, valerian, etc.
Hypogeum Hypogeum Hyp`o*ge"um, n.; pl. Hypogea. [L., fr. Gr. ?, ?,
subterranean; ? under + ?, ?, the earth.] (Anc. Arch.)
The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters,
for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries,
as the catacombs.
Lygeum Spartum parterie par"ter*ie, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L.
spartum, Gr. ?.]
Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum
and Stipa (or Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used
in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets,
nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.
Lygeum Spartum Matweed Mat"weed`, n. (Bot.)
A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed
(Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind
the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under
Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass
of similar habit.
