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- noun African
waist scarf .
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She was dressed in a two-piece lace lappa, a buba-blouse, and a canopy of head gear to match.
chidozie chukwubuike | the decoration « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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She was dressed in a two-piece lace lappa, a buba-blouse, and a canopy of head gear to match.
July « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Their Eurasian relative burdock Arctium lappa is most appreciated in Japan as gobo.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Their Eurasian relative burdock Arctium lappa is most appreciated in Japan as gobo.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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· Saussurea lappa - root used for chronic skin disorders;
3. India 1997
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The Burdock (_Arctium lappa_) grows very commonly in our waste places, with wavy leaves, and round heads of purple flowers, and hooked scales.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The Burs are the unopened flowers of the Burdock (_Arctium lappa_), and their clinging quality very early obtained for them expressive names, such as _amor folia_, love leaves, and philantropium.
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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Arctium lappa (Burdock) has been used for many centuries as a blood purifier and system cleanser.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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(Arctium lappa) is known because of its ability to support cleansing and detoxifying.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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Burdock, in the Arctium genus, which includes greater burdock (A. lappa) and the smaller common burdock (A. minus) is also known as gobo or wild gobo, beggar's button, or wild rhubarb.
NYT > Home Page By AVA CHIN 2010
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