Edith Sherwood Ph.D.

The Voynich Botanical Plants

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Folio 45r. Orach (Atriplex hortensis). According to the book of Job, the leafy vegetable was eaten by outcasts. The leaves have a salty spinach-like taste. (1) (B)

(1) Wikipedia
(B) Drawings that are similar to illustrations in other herbals