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The warm fragrance of Sage (Salvia Officinalis) is well suited to this bread with a thin, crisp crust and a chewy, airy crumb very similar to Italian focaccia.
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The warm fragrance of Sage (Salvia Officinalis) is well suited to this bread with a thin, crisp crust and a chewy, airy crumb very similar to Italian focaccia.
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Officinalis_ is a certain remedy; it acts like a charm.
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The Doctor complied, and the Count held the tiny vial to the light and read the label, "Cinchona Officinalis, 30x."
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Saponaria Officinalis (common soap wort), Drosera Rotundifolia
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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The leaves of S. Officinalis, or S.ap Plant, if stirred in water form a lather strong enough to remove grease spots.
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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Holostea (greater stitchwort); also Parietaria Officinalis (wall pellitory), not yet in bloom, and in a pond Stratiotes Aloides (water soldier) in great abundance.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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I am not saying that the Day-Lily would not smell as sweet by her title of 'Hemerocallis Fulva', or that the homely, hearty Bouncing Bet would not kiss as deliciously in her scholar's cap and gown of 'Saponaria Officinalis'; but merely that their college degrees do not lend themselves so willingly to verse, or even melodious prose, which is what the poet is often after nowadays.
Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878
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I am not saying that the Day-Lily would not smell as sweet by her title of 'Hemerocallis Fulva', or that the homely, hearty Bouncing Bet would not kiss as deliciously in her scholar's cap and gown of 'Saponaria Officinalis'; but merely that their college degrees do not lend themselves so willingly to verse, or even melodious prose, which is what the poet is often after nowadays.
Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878
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MARSH-MALLOW (_Althea Officinalis_) is used in irritable conditions of the urinary organs.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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