 | Herodotus - 1812 - 478 pages
...the lily species. We find this singular remark in the Memoire sur Venus :— - M Le lys C-toit odieux The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake, and make into a kind of bread ; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavour, and... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1814 - 422 pages
...eaten by the inhabitants who live near the lake Mcnzala. — Savaru. The they dry them in the sun. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake, and make into a kind of bread; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavour, and... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...lily species, which the Egyptians call the lotos : having rut down these, they dry them in the tun. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake, and make into a kind of bread ; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavor, and... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...of the lily species, which the Egyptians call the lotos ; these having cut down they dry in the sun. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they make into a kind of bread and bake ; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable... | |
 | British literature - 1834 - 532 pages
...of the lily species, which the Egyptians call the Lotos, and which they cut down and dry in the tuu. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake, and make into a kind of bread ; they also eat the rout of this plant, which is round, of nn agreeable flavour, and... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...the Lay species, which the Egyptians call Lotoi : having cut down these, they dry them in tha inn. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they hake, and make into a kind of bread : tiny, also, eat the root of the plant, which is round, of an... | |
 | Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...Herodotus thus describes it : " The water lily grows in the inundated lands of Egypt. The seed of this flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake, and make into a kind of bread. They also use the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavour, and... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 338 pages
...Herodotus thus describes it : " The water lily grows hi the inundated lands of Egypt. The seed of this flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake and make into a kind of bread. They also use the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavour, and... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 pages
...of the lily species, which the Egyptians call the lotus; these having cut down, they dry in the sun. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they make into a kind of bread, and bake; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable... | |
 | Robert Sears - Curiosities and wonders - 1856 - 566 pages
...of the lily species, which the Egyptians call the lotws, and which they cut down and dry in the sun. The seed of the flower which resembles that of the poppy, they bake, and make into a kind of bread ; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavor, and... | |
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Egyptians call the lotus : having cut down these, they dry them in the sun. The seed of the flower, which resembles that of the poppy, they bake and make into a kind of bread ; they also eat the root of this plant, which is round, of an agreeable flavour,... 
