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Silphium
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silphium 
plant genus, 1771, from L., from Gk. Silphion, name of a N. African Mediterranean plant whose identity has been lost, the gum or juice of which was prized by the ancients as a condiment and a medicine. Probably of African origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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silphium

noun
tall North American perennial herbs 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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