silphium

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and as a contraceptive. historical
    — 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.

词形变化

silphiums plural silphia plural silfium alternative silphion alternative

词源

From Latin silphium, from Ancient Greek σίλφιον (sílphion).
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