/an dros"euh kee', -euh see'/ , n.
any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
[ andrósakes a marine plant (perh. equiv. to andrós (gen. of anér man) + -akes, deriv. of ákos cure); prob. misconstrued by Linnaeus as a compound with Gk sákos shield ]