alcyonium

alcyonium [ἀλκυόνιον] , ‘halcyon’s nest’, identified w. sponge, coral, salty efflorescence (adarce), etc. alconnium, †adaras, †coro [l. caro] marina idem secundum nos; secundum alios alconnium est plumbum ustum, vel quedam avis marina, vel quedam superfluitas arboris in mari crescentis Alph. 7 (cf. ib. 179: est et tercium genus [spongie] ‥; comburuntur sicut †calcionium); halcyonium est nihil aliud quam maris spuma concreta [etc.] LC.