Word: rumex
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Canaigre (Rumex hymenosepalus), also known as wild rhubarb, long recognized as a source of fine tannic acids. High on the critical materials list during World War II, most tannin is still imported. Canaigre also gives starches and sugars which ferment to alcohol, might provide an antibiotic effective against some forms of tuberculosis...
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