English Dictionary

silphium

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and as a contraceptive.

日本語の意味

古代ギリシャや古代ローマで料理や避妊のために用いられたとされ、絶滅したと考えられている歴史的な植物

In the museum exhibit, a plaque described how Roman cooks prized silphium for both its flavor and its supposed contraceptive properties.

博物館の展示では、説明板にローマの料理人たちが、かつて古代ギリシャ・ローマで料理や避妊に使われていた絶滅した植物を、その独特の風味と評判の避妊効果のために高く評価していたと記されていた。

意味（1）

(historical) A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and as a contraceptive.

Of all the mysteries of ancient Rome, silphium is among the most intriguing. Romans loved the herb as much as we love chocolate. They used silphium as perfume, as medicine, as an aphrodisiac and turned it into a condiment, called laser, that they poured on to almost every dish.

silphiums （ plural ）

silphia （ plural ）