ˌepəˈmēdēəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin epimedion, an unknown plant, from Greek epimēdion, from epi- + mēdion, a species of Campanula
: a small genus of nearly woody herbs (family Berberidaceae) having pinnately compound leaves and flowers with eight sepals in two whorls and four petals that are mostly transformed into nectaries