The Voynich liquorice

[Koen G]

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..

[Koen G]

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.

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