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The cinnabaris indica, mentioned by Pliny and Dioscorides, was what is vulgarly called dragon's blood, the resin obtained from various species of the calamus palm.
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Miltos seems to have had various significations; it was used for cinnabaris, minium, red lead, and rubrica, red ochre.
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Calostoma is a Greek word meaning beautiful mouth, and cinnabarinus is taken from cinnabaris, which means dragon’s-blood.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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The parallel passage in Dioscorides is, In fictikm patinam fcrream, habentem coi: cham, cinnabaris conjicitur: postea vero ambika imponunt, et luto circumlinunt, carbonesque subtus ac - ccndur. t, qu9e ambiki postea fiiligo inhserit; dcrasse, re - frigerataque H} drargyrus est.
The Introductory Lecture of Thomas Cooper, Esq. Thomas Cooper 1812
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