Lewis & Short

† pŏlytrĭchon, i, n., = πολύτριχον.

  1. I. The herb golden-hair, Venus’s-hair, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63; called also pŏlythrix, trĭchos, f., πολύθριξ, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 147.
  2. II. A precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.