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Westmansweed

One of the many names for Halflings’ Leaf

Another name for the plant better known as pipe-weed or Halflings’ Leaf. Westmansweed was its name among the vulgar of Gondor, a reference to the Men of the West who were said to have brought it to Middle-earth from Númenor.


See also...

Leaf, Sweet Galenas

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