trachelium

American

[truh-kee-lee-uhm] / trəˈki li əm /

noun

plural

trachelia

(in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.

Etymology

Origin of trachelium

< New Latin < Greek tráchēl ( os ) neck + Latin -ium -ium

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We had also the Campanula persicifolia and trachelium, and one we called Bluebells of Scotland, which was not the correct name.

From Project Gutenberg

Trachelium, trā-kē′li-um, n. the neck of a column: a genus of Campanulace�, native to the Mediterranean region.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Amongst others, the Trachelium cœruleum, a pretty wall-plant, native of Calabria, and formerly unknown here, now clothes many an old wall near Naples, and at Sorrento.

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