batis

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noun small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs

From translingual Batis, the genus in question, itself likely from Ancient Greek βατίς (batís).

123-125) that Alexander treated the brave Batis with horrible cruelty. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
And being a man of this character, he gave his sister Batis in marriage to Idomeneus; and he himself had Leontium, the Attic courtesan, for his concubine. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius

genus Batis

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