Names derived thence are found in Coptic (malatron [ⲙⲁⲗⲁⲧⲣⲟⲛ]) and in a small cluster of South East European languages: Albanian maraja, Bulgarian morach [морач] and Romanian mărar; the latter, however, has changed its meaning to dill, again emphasizing the ...
Similar names meaning buck’s horn are also given to the large pods of St. John’s Bread (Carob) regionally. There seems to be an analogous name in Old Greek, boukeras [βουκέρας] cow-horn, but this is not the regular name for this plant. Fenugreek plant with immature ...