[mod.L. fīcoïdēs: see FICOID.] A botanical name applied to various plants; in quots. the Ice-plant (Mesembrianthemum crystallinum).

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1753.  Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Ficoides.

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1784.  Cowper, Task, III. 577.

                        Geranium boasts
Her crimson honours, and the spangled beau,
Ficoides, glitters bright the winter long.

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1811.  Mariana Starke, The Beauties of Carlo Maria Maggi Paraphrased, 48. Nymph, on whose breast the gem’d Ficoides beams.

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