What is "scandix pecten-veneris"

Lady's comb \La"dy's comb"\, (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ( Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.

Cammock \Cam"mock\, n. [AS. cammoc.] (Bot.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.

Scandix pecten-veneris (shepherd's-needle, Venus' comb, Venus's needle) is a species of edible plant belonging to the parsley family. It is native to Eurasia and it is known widely elsewhere as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is named for its long fruit, which has a thickened body up to 1.5 centimeters long and a beak which can measure up to 7 centimeters long and is lined with comblike bristles.