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euphorbium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun euphorbium has 1 sense
- euphorbium(n = noun.substance) gum eurphorbium - an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine; Array is a kind of gum
CIDE DICTIONARY
euphorbium, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr. ; -- so called after Euphorbus, a Greek physician.].
An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifera . It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned. [1913 Webster]
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