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Album Graecum
Album Graecum Al"bum Gr[ae]"cum [L., Greek white.] Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
Angraecum fragrans
Faham Fa"ham, n. The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.
Testudo Graeca
Testudo Tes*tu"do, n.; pl. Testudines. [L., from testa the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Gr[ae]ca) and the gopher of the Southern United States. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels. 3. (Mus.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
trigonella Foenum Graecum
Fenugreek Fen"u*greek (? or ?), n. [L. faenum Graecum, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.] (Bot.) A plant (trigonella F[oe]num Gr[ae]cum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are ``now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay.' --J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

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- Johann Albert, Bibl. Graec. vol. i. p. 207. Fabricius. Bibl. Graec. vol. i. p. 116. Pliny. H. N. x. 3, 8. s. 9; Fabricius. Bibl. Graec. vol. i. pp. 210,...
- nicknames. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that...
- Publ. Econ. of Athens^ pp. 156, 238j 2d ed. ; Schomann, Antiq. Juris Pub. Graec. p. 432. 18.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the...
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- Καταρραπτίτης; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. vii.; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. 65; Vossius, de Hist Graec. p. 444, ed. Westermann. Smith, Philip (1867). "Gorgon"...
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- iii. p. 131, Lection. p. 189; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. ii. p. 227, vol. xiii. p. 957; Fabricius, Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. p. 496. Folkerts, Menso; Albiani...