‖ ficoides
(fɪˈkɔɪdiːz)
[mod.L. fīcoïdēs: see ficoid.]
A botanical name applied to various plants; in quots. the Ice-plant (Mesembrianthemum crystallinum).
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Ficoides. 1784 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. |