Meanings of Silphium in English

Silphium is one of the most intriguing plants of the ancient world.

That leaves silphium, which we might be able to grow, although in minute quantities.

It is a wonder that silphium, which was once so important, nearly died out.

Wait a bit till I have prepared my silphium pickle.

Silphium, a famous medicinal plant of Lybia and of Persia, seems to have disappeared entirely.

I have no doubt that silphium existed.

You correctly deciphered Rasputin's silphium symbol here.

Hand me the cheese-grater; bring me the silphium for sauce; pass me the cheese and watch the coals.

There is an herb called silphium.

Here is balsam of Genesareth, incense from Cape Gardefan, ladanum, cinnamon and silphium, a good thing to put into sauces.

444.jpg Weighing Silphium in Presence of King Arkesilas

Media was also famous for its silphium, or assafoetida, a plant which the country still produces, though not in any large quantity.

This shape was derived from the shell of the silphium seed, which was tapered at one end and cleft at the other.

"Surely she would have known that the heart symbol's origin lies in silphium," Sveti said.

The Cyrenaic silphium, of which we hear so much, as constituting the main wealth of that province, was valued chiefly for its medicinal qualities.

"Is the silphium among your seed collection?"