Monday Word: balaustine

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

balaustine [buh-laws-tin]

adjective
of or relating to the pomegranate

Example

"Our old-fashioned physician introduced us to poultices made of balaustine flowers for treating everyday wounds." The Highly Selective Diction of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich.

Origin
1665–75; earlier balaust ( y ) pomegranate flower (< Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion in same sense) + -ine 1; baluster

Detail from Botticelli's Madonna of the Pomegranate c. 1487

Comments

[prettygoodword]

Or possibly also "of or relating to the heroine of Browning's long poem Balaustion's Adventure."

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I didn't know that! Very cool! Thank you!

[med_cat]

Fun word :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!