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panaces, panak [CL < πανακής, πάναξ], panacus [LL], panacum [ML], panaca 1 kind of plant, usu. lovage (Levisticum ocinale). b (panax Asclepii) Aesculapius’ all-heal (it Echinophora tenuifolia);  c (panax Chironia) elecampane (Inula Helenium);  d (Panax Heraclia) Hercules’s woundwort (Opopanax hispidus). opopanax, i. succus ~acis Gl. Laud. 1119; pantanos, i. ~atus Ib. 1181; panacosriza, i. ~aci radix Ib. 1192.  b ~ax Asclepii folia habet nodosa similia maratro sed majora et asperiora, super virgam capitellum habet in quo flores aurosi sunt et viscidi et odorati Alph. 135.  c ~ax cironium, nascitur in monte Pelio quam Latini hinnulam †campa [l. campi] dicunt, florem habet aurosam, radicem tenuem non altam, gustu viscidam, bibita morsibus venenatis occurrit Alph. 135.  d ~ax eraclia unde opipanax colligitur, folia habet minora et spansa super terram, viridia et aspera valde, sicut ficus obrotunda et divisa in v partes; virga longa est ei sicut ferule, albi coloris; nascitur in finibus Libie et in Macedonia Alph. 135. 2 (understood as) root of lovage. ~aca, i. radix luvestici Gl. Laud. 1162.

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