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Abrota
In Greek mythology, Abrota (Ancient Greek: Αβρώτη) or Habrotê, was the daughter of Onchestus the Boeotian and sister of Megareus. Nisos, the king of Megara in the time of his reign married her and supposed to be the mother of his daughters Scylla, Iphinoe and Eurynome . On the death of her beloved wife, Abrota, Nisos commanded all the Megarian women to wear a garment of the same kind as Abrota had worn, which was called...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Dialogue of Creatures
Anonymous · 1509 · p.41
Garden of Health
1507 · p.7
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.9
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.45
Herbarius
1485 · p.16
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.13
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.16
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.10
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.214
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.237
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.15
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.40
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 623166.