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Arcane Herbs and Elixirs of Apothecaries
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Poisonous larkspur used by medieval healers in careful doses
- 2. Root employed for respiratory ills and ancient cough remedies
- 4. Rare gum resin with healing virtues distinct from frankincense
- 5. Fragrant resin wood burned for incense in monastic apothecaries
- 6. Golden stigma prized for alchemical and medicinal prowess
- 8. Herb of regret and protection, historically bitter and potent
- 10. Root whose scream was said to summon spirits, feared herb of lore
- 12. Spicy rhizome, cousin of ginger, used in medieval potions
- 16. Sacred balm of antiquity, often mixed in plagues’ salves
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- 3. Flesh-colored mushroom sometimes collected for medicinal poultices
- 7. Evocative name for a thorny root used in mystical preparations
- 9. Bitter herb used against intestinal invaders and in absinthe
- 11. Yellow-flowered herb associated with purging bile and melancholy
- 13. Gum resin once valued for its pungent aroma in balms
- 14. Aromatic resin often used in tinctures and to fix scents
- 15. Deadly poisonous plant used cautiously for its soporific effects
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