Blajwas/blejwas - zagadkowa roślina lecznicza
Blajwas/blejwas - an enigmatic healing plant

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the origin of Pol. dial. blajwas // blejwas as a name of a healing plant. The author tries to indentify the plant denoted by this name, also known as dzika cykoria. After analysing numerous possibilities, having taken into consideration historical-linguistic and comparative as well as botanical arguments, she arrives at the conclusion that Pol. dial. blajwas // blejwas refers to 'common chicory, Cichorium intybus L.'.

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