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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 2931419, member: 88401&quot;]about the Silphium plant:&quot;the Romans considered it &quot;worth its weight in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" rel="nofollow">denarii</a>&quot; (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_coin" rel="nofollow">silver coins</a>). Legend said that it was a gift from the god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" rel="nofollow">Apollo</a>.&quot; now thought to be extinct. possibly related to fennel- makes sense since the Thyrsus is made of a fennel stalk. [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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