πυξάκανθα

πυξ-άκανθα [ᾰκ], ἡ,

• thorn like the box-tree, = λύκιον, Dsc. 1.100: also πυξάκανθος, Lat. pyxacanthus, Plin. HN 12.31, 24.125, Gal. 12.63.