| 单词 | doctor gum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoctor gum doctor gum n. any of several tropical trees, esp. the poisonwood Metobium toxiferum, having gum resin formerly used as a purgative and emetic; (also) the gum itself; cf. hog gum n. ΚΠ 1825 A. P. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis II. 67 R[hus] Metopium... Doctor-gum. 1912 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (rev. ed.) III. 23/2 The result is that the gum may differ considerably in properties. Hog or Doctor gum consists of reddish tears. 1995 T. E. Anderson Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac Bk. vii. 89 The Florida Poisonwood Tree (Metopium toxiferum—native to Central America and the Caribbean—has colonized Florida as far north as Daytona Beach... Also known as Coral Sumac, Hog Gum, and Doctor Gum, its resinous gum is emetic, purgative, and diuretic. < as lemmas |
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