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voman

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Czech

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Noun

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voman m inan

  1. obsolete form of oman (elecampane)
    • 1820, Bedřich Všemír hrabě z Berchtoldu, O přirozenosti rostlin, aneb rostlinâř[1], volume 1, Prague: Jos. Krause, page 142:
      Škrobu welmi podobná hmota zdá se býti womanina (inulinum), kterauž P. Vauquelin w kořenu Womanu lekařského (Inula helenium) nalezl.
      A substance similar to starch seems to be the elecampine (inulinum) which already P. Vauquelin has found in the root of the officinal inula (Inula helenium).

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Middle English

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voman

  1. Alternative form of womman