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The ‘Cecil’ Glossary of Materia Medica and Medical Terminology
Word From Document Chemical or Mineral? Other Contemporary Name or Alternative Spelling Modern Botanical: Stace/Grin Dioscorides ref Alternative Names explanation: D = Dioscorides Imported Source of Info
kermes y see chermes IV 48 found on a Mediterranean oak-Quercus coccifera female scale-insect (coccus ilicis), made into confectio alkermes y Gerard 1343
knot grass n centinodium Polygonum aviculare helps pissing & spitting of blood; boil it first n Culpeper p24
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