Pliny on alexanders.
Pliny on alexanders (Naturalis Historia 27.109): Odor murrae habet qualitatem, unde et nomen. The smell has a myrrhy quality, whence also its name. The name of the plant is smyrnion ‘alexanders‘, which is a Greek diminutive from σμÏÏνα smyrna ‘myrrh’. The scientific name of the plant is the same (Smyrnium). The English name appears to […]
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