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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]

A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by

Homer

to have been given by

Hermes

Ulysses

to counteract the spells of

Circe

Milton.

(Bot.)

A kind of garlic (

Allium Moly

) with large yellow flowers; – called also

golden garlic

Noun.

[L. from Gr.] Wild garlic, a plant having a bulbous root.