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σέσελις

seselis · ἡ

hartwort, Tordylium officinale

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What it meant

σέσελις · seselis — LSJ

hartwort, Tordylium officinale, Massilian hartwort, Seseli tortuosum, hareʼs ear, Bupleurum fruticosum, golden cow-parsnip, Malabaila aurea

hartwort, Tordylium officinale, Arist. HA 611a18, Plu. Isid. 2.383e:—also σέσελι, τό, Hp. Acut. 23, Alex. 127.8, Thphr. HP 9.15.5; σ. κρητικόν Dsc. 3.54; other kinds, σ. μασσαλιωτικόν Massilian hartwort, Seseli tortuosum, ib. 53; σ. αἰθιοπικόν hareʼs ear, Bupleurum fruticosum, ibid.; σ. ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ golden cow-parsnip, Malabaila aurea, ibid.; σ. Κύπριον,= κίκι, Id. 4.161.

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