Examples of 'silphium' in a sentence

Meaning of "silphium"

Silphium (noun): A plant of the genus Ferula, used in ancient times as a seasoning and medicine
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  • A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and as a contraceptive.

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Silphium is used by the army to fight infection.
The overexploitation of silphium led to its extinction.
There is a certain flower called silphium.
The identity of silphium is highly debated.
Cyrenian coin with an image of silphium.
I need silphium and hellebore.
And a herbal remedy made from silphium extract.
And silphium is a plant.
The exact identity of silphium is unclear.
Silphium was used by the Romans as a form of herbal birth control.
You found the silphium.
I have forced silphium on many slaves to rid the House of Batiatus of unwanted burden.
I need a sample of silphium.
The last stalk of silphium was seen during the reign of the emperor Nero.
We are looking for silphium.

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Silphium is a genus of North American plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.
It is called silphium.
Silphium depicted on the arms of Italian Libya.
But one leading theory is that it came from the silphium pod.
No other species of Silphium in Michigan have fused leaf bases.
Ancient silver coin from Cyrene depicting a stalk of silphium.
This species is considered to be a variety of Silphium asteriscus by some authors.
Almost immediately, silphium stocks began to decline at an alarming rate.
An Ancient silver coin from Cyrene shows a stalk of Silphium.
The extinction of silphium is now considered to be among humanity 's earliest environmental blunders.
Cold water, raw horse meat and the bitterjuice of the silphium.
We will never know for sure how well silphium worked, because it went extinct.
Apparently, silphium was a form of giant fennel used for almost any sickness or culinary recipe.
Cyrene, for its part, became incredibly rich off the back of the silphium trade.
I have forced silphium on many slaves My absence?
There has been some speculation about the connection between silphium and the traditional heart shape ♥.
Although Silphium was most popular, there were many other plants and herbs used.
For the plant used in ancient times as a medicine, see Silphium.
How did Glaber come to know of the silphium in Ilithyia's chambers? Though I often wondered.
Is that you can find it among tribes called Tuareg . The last I heard about silphium.
It remains perhaps the most poorly-understood Silphium in eastern North America.
So could silphium make a comeback?
This plant is known as … Silphium.
Silphium couldn't be cultivated.
How did Glaber come to know of the silphium in Ilithyia 's chambers?
But today, silphium has vanished - possibly just from the region, possibly from our planet altogether.
This they did, says Arian, with the juice of a medicinal plant silphium.
Silphium was used in Greco-Roman cooking, notably in recipes by Apicius.
Long ago, in the ancient city of Cyrene, there was a herb called silphium.
Areas with Silphium perfoliatum ;.
That 's awful . The last I heard about silphium.
Silphium perfoliatum ( Cup-Plant ) as a New Forage.
In Ilithyia's chambers? How did Glaber come to know of the silphium.
We can… - It is called silphium.
In Ilithyia's chambers? I never knew mine… How did Glaber come to know of the silphium.

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