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(praesĕca or praesĭca, ae, a word assumed for the etym. of brassica, Varr. L. L. 5, § 104 Müll.)

prae-sicco, āvi, 1, v. a., to dry beforehand (post-class.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 217; 4, 3, 53.
Hence, prae-siccātus, a, um, dried beforehand (post-class.): succus sole praesiccatus, App. Herb. 124.

prae-siccus, a, um, adj., very dry (post-class.): vulnera, Prud. στεφ. 5, 141.