ECHINUS

(Lat.), n. m. E2k(e2ch2)-i(e)'nu3s(nu4s). Gr., eviKOf. Fr., echinus, heri on (2d def.). Ger., Igel (2d def.). 1. A prickly head or top of a plant; an echinated pericarp. 2. The sea-hedgehog; used anciently, according to Dioscorides, as a stomachic and diuretic, its roasted shell as an application in psora, and the ashes to cleanse ulcers and repre exuberant granulations. 3. An old name for the stone found in the head of Mugil cephalus. 4. Of Haller, the genus Hydnum. 5. Of Loureiro, a genus of euphorbiaceous plants, referred by Mttller and others to Mallotus. [B, 42, 121 (a, 24); L, 41, 56, 105 (a, 14).] E. philip pin ens is. See MALLOTUS philip pin ens is. [s. 649]