EUPHORBIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine

Synonyms:

euphorbium; gum eurphorbium

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("euphorbium" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

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