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radapium

radapium [transcription variant of CL sagapenum < σαγάπηνον; cf. sagapenum, serapinum] 1 aromatic gum derived from Ferula persica, sagapenum, serapine. radapium sive serapium [v. l. ragapium ‥ serapinum] gummi est Alph. 153; serapinum gumi cujusdem arboris est in Grecia [v. l. adds respice in radapium] Alph. 166. 2 (conf or assoc. w.) kind of plant, ? Venetian sumach (Cotinus coggygria; cf. CL thapsos < θάψος). radapium, i. tapsus (MS BL Sloane 284) Alph. 153 v. 1.

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