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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>daucum</b>: (-on), i, n., also daucus, i, m., Scrib. Comp. 167; 170; 177 = δαῦκον,<br /><b>I</b> a [[plant]] of the parsnip or carrot [[kind]], [[much]] used in [[medicine]], Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89: probatissimus in [[Creta]], id. 25, 9, 64, § 110 al.; Cels. 5, 23, 3 al. In App. Herb. 80, called daucion and daucites.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>daucum</b>, ī, n. et <b>daucŏs</b>, ī, n. (δαῦκον), carotte : Cels. Med. 5, 23 ; Plin. 19, 27.
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