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gums ammoniac

gums ammoniac is the plural of gum ammoniac.

Meaning of gum ammoniac

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...
    Synonyms:
    ammoniacum

Questions about gums ammoniac

What is gums ammoniac the plural of?
Gums ammoniac is the plural of gum ammoniac.

Words near gums ammoniac in the dictionary

  1. gumption traps
  2. gumptionless
  3. gumptions
  4. gumptious
  5. gums
  6. gums ammoniac
  7. gums arabic
  8. gums up
  9. gums up the works
  10. gumshield
  11. gumshields

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