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- noun
silphium
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Examples
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The plant has been variously identified as Thapsia garganica or silphion, and Narthex silphium.
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As an example of the importance of preserving medicinal plants consider the case of silphion, a weed once used as a contraceptive.
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_silphion_ [152] and it extends along the coast from the island of Platea as far as the entrance of the Syrtis.
The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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