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A strong-smelling plant known to the ancient Greeks.
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Maplet (d. 1592), writer on natural philosophy. From classical Latin tragion, denoting an unidentified strong-smelling plant (Pliny) from Hellenistic Greek τράγιον strong-smelling plant from ancient Greek τράγος he-goat + -ιον, suffix forming nouns.