The plant’s exact identity is unknown to this day, since it went extinct in Roman times. It was a major cash crop of Cyrene, Libya, and even depicted on coins. It was used as seasoning, perfume, aphrodisiac, contraceptive and abortifacient. The last specimen was supposedly given to Emperor Nero.

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    3 days ago

    diacatholicon and panpharmacon are synonyms for panacea. Also cool words and very rarely used. Most people will never have heard of them.