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GUM EURPHORBIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gum eurphorbium mean?
• GUM EURPHORBIUM (noun)
The noun GUM EURPHORBIUM has 1 sense:
1. an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
Familiarity information: GUM EURPHORBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
euphorbium; gum eurphorbium
Hypernyms ("gum eurphorbium" 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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