Meaning of silphium | Babel Free

Definitions

A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and as a contraceptive.

historical

Examples

“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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