Peridexion

Quick meaning: Peridexion is a noun meaning A legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons.

Meaning

A legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons.

Example Sentences

The inscription appears to represent a very rare medieval allegory for the church, found in only a very few medieval manuscripts and known as the peridexion tree. The story is that the peridexion tree was to be found only in far-off India, and that it bore the most marvellously sweet fruit that attracted birds to its branches from far and wide. However, at the base of the tree lived a dragon or serpent.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include peri, daphne, dryad, phoenix, caladrius, ephydriad.

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