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Old 15-10-2004, 06:58 PM
ned
 
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Phil L wrote:
ned wrote:
...Nipplewort.

/ s******! /


My apologies, 'Lapsana communis'.
Its been around since Adam was a lad, but the common name was coined,
by the herbalists of the day, as recently as the 16th century, when
meaningful names were considered a virtue and worth risking the
occasional s****** 500 years into the future. :-))

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