κάρπᾰσος,ἡ, with heterocl. pl.κάρπασα, AP 9.415.6 ( Antiphil. , with play on the meanings 'sails' and 'clothes'); alsoκάλπᾰσος(q.v.):—
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.