hermodactyl noun.
[hǝ:mǝ'daktɪl] obsolete exc.
Hist. LME.[medieval Latin hermodactylus from Greek hermodaktulos lit. 'Hermes' finger', formed as HERMES II + -O- + DACTYL.]The dried bulbous root of some eastern plant, prob. of the genus
Colchicum, formerly used in medicine; the plant itself. Usu. in
pl. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲