cantharis

Noun

Meaning

A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Spanish fly blister beetle cantharides

Derivatives

cantharides

Anagrams

anarchist anticrash Thracians

Examples

CANTHARIS enriches the scalp with nutrients which helps to cure and control dandruff. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cantharidine cantharidism cantharidized cantharoid cantharophilic cantharophilous