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  1. NLM Digital Collections - Quincy's Lexicon-medicum : a new medical dictionary, containing an explanation of the terms ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Benjamin Warner, M. Carey & Son, and Edward Parker, 1817
    ... i. e. a herb good against poison.) Drakena. Cyperus lon- gus, odorus, peruanus. Bezoardica radix. Dorsteniu contrayerva ... The pregnancy of a woman. Cyparissus- See Cupressus. CYPERUS. (Fi»m xuvxpot, a little round vessel which ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1852-1854
    ... so-called roots (rhizomes) of several species of Cyperus (e. g. longus, rolundus, and esculentus) were for- ... History.—Turmeric is probably the xv*Eipo$ ivSixoe (Cyperus indicus) of Dios- corides.6 Both he and ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - The London medical dictionary: including, under distinct heads, every branch of medicine, viz.... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White ; William Brown, printer, 1819
    ... Laurus Alexandrina. RUSH NUT. The root of the cyperus esculentus Lin. Sp. PI. 67, which is mucilaginous ... MAJ. FOL. SA'NCTJE HELE'NiE RA'DIX. Cyperus Ameri- canus, cyperus longus Lin. Sp. PI. 67, ...
  4. ... smoked like tobacco. The seeds are mu- cilaginous. CYPERUS, L. Bullrush. Many species, disliked by cattle, used ... consolidate sand like E. arenarius, Arundo arenaria, and Cyperus arenaria. The seeds have been used for bread. ...
  5. ... History.—Turmeric is probably the Kvirstpog 'Iv&xos, (Cyperus indicus) of Dioscorides. (Lib. i. cap. iv.) Both ... cap. lxx. ed. Valp.) state that this Indian Cyperus has the form of ginger, and that, when ...
  6. ... ad-ru'-e). Antiemetic root. The root of Cyperus articulatus; it is anthel- mintic, aromatic, stomachic. Dose ... a joint; 7rove, a foot]. In biology, having jointed legs. Arthropyosis (ar-thro-pi-o'-sis) [apdpov, ...
  7. ... Hamorrhois tumens of Cullen. Mariscus, long-rooted bastard^ Cyperus, a species of Schcsnus. Maritus. Authors who have ... bulbous, consisting of a bulb; articu- late or jointed, and globose or gl6be- shaped. Roriferous Duds, dew- ...
  8. ... object seen. An'glesey leg. A kind of jointed artificial leg. An' glicns «n'dor. English sweating ... unite by joints ; to join. 2. United byjoints; jointed. A. speech, utterance of words and sentences. Vrt ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - The natural history of Pliny (Volume 3) 
    Publication: London : Henry G. Bohn, MDCCCLV-MDCCCLVII
    ... which is naturally tenacious of life, is also jointed as well as the stem. The reeds of ... desmos :"64 throughout the whole of Greece, rushes, cyperus, and sedge65 are similarly employed. When at any ...
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