Silphium

Synonyms for "silphium" (3 found)

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Ancient Greek

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  • σίλφιον noun (a plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Rome)

Latin

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  • sirpe noun (a plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Rome)

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Of all the mysteries of ancient Rome, silphium is among the most intriguing. Romans loved the herb as much as we love chocolate. They used silphium as perfume, as medicine, as an aphrodisiac and turned it into a condiment, called laser, that they poured on to almost every dish.

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