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SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA

Specialty Definition: SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA

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Botanical

The leaves repel cockroaches and flies. The seeds are poisonous to cattle and man. The roots are poisonous, but are used in small doses as a vermifuge. Cuna claim to use the root for executing criminals (!). In light doses, they use them for stomach aches. Choco use the plant as a purgative (!), and Negroes from the Choco us it as a cure for worms in children. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA

Non-English Usage: "SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (Wormgrass).

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Anagrams: SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-e-g-h-i-i-i-l-l-m-n-p-s-t"

-5 letters: planetesimal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 50 49 47 45 4C 49 41      41 4E 54 48 45 4C 4D 49 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01010000 01001001 01000111 01000101 01001100 01001001 01000001 00100000 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01000101 01001100 01001101 01001001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#80 &#73 &#71 &#69 &#76 &#73 &#65 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#76 &#77 &#73 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0050 0049 0047 0045 004C 0049 0041      0041 004E 0054 0048 0045 004C 004D 0049 0041

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53504341394643352354854423946474335

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