apothecary
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Instead of shelves of alcohol, apothecary drawers stocked with ingredients like goji berries and angelica root line the walls, permeating the room with their scent.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
“It’s like a little apothecary chest where there are all these different drawers in front of me that I can use,” Bates explains of her acting process.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
Sweethearts — also known as conversation hearts — were created in 1847, when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase invented a machine that made it easier to create apothecary lozenges.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2024
Paleontologists first discovered Gigantopithecus in the mid-1930s in a Hong Kong apothecary where the ape’s unusually large molars were being hawked as “dragon teeth.”
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024
Later that same morning a boy brought Nat a note from Nathan Read, who had opened an apothecary shop in Salem.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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