A wimple or peplus was thrown over the head ; a sort of hood , which , instead of covering the shoulders , was brought round the neck beneath the chin like a warrior's gorget
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Peplus
Synonyms for "peplus" (6 found)
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6 entriesLatinized adjectivegarmentgrammatical category adjectivenomenclature elementtaxonomic descriptortaxonomic term
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3 entriesEuphorbia peplusLatin epithettaxonomic epithet
Collocations
11 entriesEuphorbia peplusLatin epithetLatinized namebinomial namebotanical namingbotanical nomenclatureepithet usagepeplus epithetspecific epithettaxonomic adjectivetaxonomic epithet
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