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Χαμαίλεον
chamaileon
… ancients probably used it as a cure for jaundice; see
Pliny,
Natural History 22.53. The name xamai/mhlon from "earth" (xamai/) and "apple" (mh=lon) -- compare the French pomme de terre, potato -- was probably …
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Χορυμαῖοι
Chorymaeans, Chorymaians
… precise form -- but possibly the Choromandae of SE India
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Natural History 7.24)?.
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