plethron

noun

pleth·​ron

ˈplethrən

plural plethra

-rə

1

: an ancient Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet or 101.2 modern feet

2

: a unit of area equal to one square plethron

Word History

Etymology

Greek

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