silphium

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

genus silphium silphion cup plant laserpicium compass plant rosinwood pilotweed prairie dock silicle pigweed

Often followed by

laciniatum perfoliatum terebinthinaceum integrifolium plant and was of on