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The picris [Note] derives its name from its intense bitterness, as we have previously stated. The leaf of it is round; it is remarkably efficacious for the removal of warts.
The thesium, [Note] too, has a bitterness not unlike it: it is a powerful purgative, for which purpose it is employed bruised in water.
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