Perdicium

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek περδῑ́κῐον (perdī́kĭon, “Polygonum maritimum”), diminutive of πέρδῑξ (pérdīx, “partridge”). Further etymology uncertain. Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1760. === Proper noun === Perdicium n A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain composites found in the Cape Provinces of South Africa. === See also === Perdicium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Perdicium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies