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PINGUICULA VULGARIS

\pɪŋɡwˈɪkjʊlə vˈʌlɡɑːɹˌɪs], \pɪŋɡwˈɪkjʊlə vˈʌlɡɑːɹˌɪs], \p_ɪ_ŋ_ɡ_w_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə v_ˈʌ_l_ɡ_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\

Definitions of PINGUICULA VULGARIS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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The unctuosity of this plant has caused it be applied to chaps, and as a pomatum to the hair. Decoctions of the leaves, in broths, are used by the common people in Wales as a cathartic.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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