mu·ri·ces

(myo͝or′ĭ-sēz′)

A plural of murex.

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lab / iossalga dos , murices emo / reias no extase das m aos [...]"

JOSELY VIANNA BAPTISTA: UMA POETICA XAMANICA DA TRADUCAO E DA TRADICAO/JOSELY VIANNA BAPTISTA: A SHAMANISTIC POETICS OF TRANSLATION AND TRADITION

79) opina que la encina marina de Estrabon es el alga llamada Fucus vesiculosus, que genera vesiculos analogos a bellotas y da cobijo a las almejas de la purpura (el parrafo cita buccinas y murices), muy apreciadas por los atunes, y con las mismas virtudes tintoreas que la Quercus coccifera (ver Plin., XIII, 137); tal vez esta doble coincidencia es la que motivo esta relacion entre encinas marinas y de interior.

Los arboles silvestres en la Iberia de Estrabon

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