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The Voynich liquorice - Koen G - 07-04-2016 Seeing liquorice mentioned in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. by Marco, I decided to put my notes about the potential Voynich liquorice plant into a blog post. This is the plant: And my interpretation of it, specifically, why the roots are arranged in a rather unnatural position, can be read in this post, including suggested label reading: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. RE: The Voynich liquorice - Koen G - 08-04-2016 I decided to publish another one of the more normal plants. This one from f100r, which is not part of the mythological foldout. It's this plant, which I identify as a kind of leek. The label reads kura?, which points towards the Egyptian kurrat leek. This interpretation is supported by the mnemonic hand in the root: Greek for "hand" is KheiR, which provides a bit of a memory booster.  I can't explain the shape of the leaves though. They are too wavy, and the arrangement of three leaves in an almost 90° angle is very strange. I see three options: 1) This is an attempt to draw actual Allium leaves. 2) This is an artistic convention. 3) This is an additional mnemonic device. I think the third option is the most likely one, but I have no idea what this could refer to. An object? A glyph? Do let me know if you have an idea. The full post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..