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POTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("potion" is a kind of...):
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potion"):
elixir (a substance believed to cure all ills)
love-philter; love-philtre; love-potion; philter; philtre (a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it)