Lewis & Short

† helxīnē, ēs, f., = ἑλξίνη.

  1. I. A prickly plant, otherwise unknown, Plin. 21, 16, 56, § 94.
  2. II. A plant, otherwise called perdicium: Parietaria officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 22, 17, 19, § 41.