κάρπασος

A. flax, Linum usitatissimum (or perh.L. angustifolium), D.H. 2.68, Sch.Ar. Lys. 736.

2. cotton, Peripl.M.Rubr. 41 (cf. Skt.karpāsas).

II. κάρπασον, τό, white hellebore, Veratrum album, Orph. A. 922; ὀπὸς καρπάσου Archig. ap. Gal. 12.445, Dsc. Alex. 13; sucus carpathi, Plin. HN 32.58; cf. ὀποκάρπασον, καρπησία.