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gum ammoniac

gum ammoniac noun: synonym of ammoniacum: A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae).

Noun

gum ammoniac (countable and uncountable, plural gums ammoniac)

  1. Synonym of ammoniacum: A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae).
    • Hence was every Draught impregnated with Diaſcordium , and a Spoonful of a Solution of Gum Ammoniac taken occaſionally.1656, “To the Reader”, in Nature the Best Physician: A Matter of Fact, Evinced from a Most Remarkable Variolous Case, Communicated by the Learned Dr. Wilmot to the Late Dr. Mead. And Now Set Forth in...
    • […]an account of the gums ammoniac of Morocco and the Cyrenaica. The latter, which is the gum ammoniac described by Dioscorides, is referred to Ferula marmarica.1908, Nature, page 256
    Synonyms:
    ammoniacum

Synonyms of gum ammoniac

Forms of gum ammoniac

pluralgums ammoniac

Origin of gum ammoniac

From Middle English gomme armoniacum, gomme armonyak, gum armoniac.

Questions about gum ammoniac

What does gum ammoniac mean?
Gum ammoniac means synonym of ammoniacum: A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae).
What part of speech is gum ammoniac?
Gum ammoniac is a noun.
What is the plural of gum ammoniac?
The plural of gum ammoniac is gums ammoniac.

Words near gum ammoniac in the dictionary

  1. guly
  2. Gulzira
  3. gum
  4. gum acacia
  5. gum acacias
  6. gum ammoniac
  7. gum arabic
  8. gum Benjamin
  9. gum boot
  10. gum boots
  11. gum butea

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