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ALLIARIA OFFICINALIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 695 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALLIARIA OFFICINALIS , also known botanically as Sisymbrium Alliaria, and popularly as See also:

garlic-See also:mustard, See also:Jack-by-thehedge, or See also:sauce-alone, a See also:common hedge-See also:bank plant belonging to the natural See also:order See also:Cruciferae. It is a rankly scented See also:herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, with See also:long-stalked, coarsely-toothed leaves, and small See also:white See also:flowers which are succeeded by stout long four-sided pods. It is widely spread through the See also:north temperate region of the Old See also:World.

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