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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low European shrub, Coriaria myrtifolia, used in dyeing black.
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"Among vegetable substances useful in the arts is one that has long been known in New Grenada under the name of the ink-plant, as furnishing a juice which can be used in writing without previous preparation.
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