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savineOE

The young shoots, leaves, or (rarely) other parts of J. sabina used, fresh or dried, as a medicinal ingredient; any of various preparations…

liquoricec1275

The rhizome (also called liquorice-root) of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. Also, a preparation (used medicinally and as a sweetmeat) made from the…

verjuice1302

The acid juice of green or unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit, expressed and formed into a liquor; formerly much used in cooking, as a…

sandragon1334

= dragon's blood, n.

sugar roset1363

As postmodifier. Compounded or flavoured with the essence of roses; distilled from roses. = sugar of roses at rose, n.1 1c.

acaciaa1398

Medicine. Originally (later more fully German acacia): a gummy medicinal preparation made from the juice of unripe sloes or plums, used esp. as an…

agnus castusa1398

The plant Vitex agnus-castus (see sense 2) or various of its parts (flowers, leaves, seeds, etc.) used as a herbal medicine, originally to reduce…

sebestenc1400

The plum-like fruit of a tree of the genus Cordia (formerly Sebestena); a preparation of this used as a medicine. Also the tree itself. Also attrib

socotrine aloesa1425

a drug prepared from the juice of the Aloe socotrina (or perryi), and originally obtained from the island of Socotra.

tapsimelc1425

A plaster made of mullein and other herbs with honey.

valencec1425

An extract or preparation (of some herb) used in medicine. Obsolete.

aconitum?a1450

A preparation or extract of the root of an aconite (genus Aconitum), esp. A. napellus, used as a drug (now mainly in alternative forms of medicine)…

hypericum1471

Pharmacology (in form hypericon). A drug prepared from a plant of this genus. Also oil (of) hypericon. Obsolete.

cassia1543

Any medicinal product obtained from this.

guaiacum1553

A resin obtained from the tree; also, the drug prepared from it. Also gum guaiacum.

guaiac1558

= guaiacum, n. 2 3.

butcher's broom1578

A preparation or extract of such a plant, esp. Ruscus aculeatus, used as a herbal medicine.

solanum1578

A plant of the nightshade family, or the genus of gamopetalous plants of which this is the type; some amount or preparation of the plant used for…

liquorice-stick1580

(a) = stick liquorice at sense 1; (b) Jazz slang a clarinet.

symphonia1597

The plant henbane, or a drug made from it.

tabasheer1598

A siliceous substance, white or translucent, occasionally formed in the joints of the bamboo, also called bamboo salt; used medicinally in the East.

diascord1605

A medicine made of the dried leaves of Teucrium Scordium, and many other herbs.

orange-bead1626

an orange pip made into a bead.

oxymel of squills1654

A medicinal drink or syrup made of vinegar and honey, sometimes with other ingredients.

Japonic earth1673

Of or pertaining to Japan; Japanese.

terebinthina1693

The pharmacopœial name of turpentine.

terebinthinate1696

A terebinthine product; a medicinal preparation of turpentine.

pareira brava1698

= pareira, n.

rhabarbarate1716

A medicinal preparation made from or containing rhubarb.

Japan earth1718

= Terra Japonica, n., catechu, n.

buglossate1725

Designating a medicinal preparation of honey mixed with an extract of bugloss.

squill1725

Pharmacology. Without article, as a substance.

phytolacca1730

Any of various herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees constituting the genus Phytolacca (family Phytolaccaceae), chiefly native to subtropical and…

nettle juice1747

xanthoxyloïn1767

a neutral principle obtained from the bark of X. americanum.

mustard whey1769

a medicinal preparation consisting of the liquid obtained by boiling mustard seeds in a mixture of milk and water.

Jesuits' drops1783

‘name given to a preparation of garlic, Peruvian balsam, and sarsaparilla’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855).

digitalis1785

A medicinal preparation made from leaves or other parts of plants of the genus Digitalis (chiefly D. purpurea and D. lanata), and used in the…

arnica1788

A medicine prepared from the plant, esp. in the form of a tincture.

mel-rose1790

A medicinal preparation made with honey and an extract or preparation of rose petals. Cf. mel roset, n., rhodomel, n.

gallic acid1791

a crystalline acid prepared from the oak-gall and other vegetable products.

valerian1794

The drug derived from the rootstocks of the wild valerian or other species.

sacred elixir1797

= sacred tincture n.

drosera1801

An insectivorous herb of the genus so called, = sundew, n.; also, the dried and powdered plant, formerly used as a remedy for respiratory diseases.

Spanish juice1803

(see liquorice, n. 1).

mudar1819

Either of two tropical shrubs of the genus Calotropis (family Asclepiadaceae), C. gigantea, of eastern Asia, and C. procera, of Asia and Africa…

sabadilla1821

= cevadilla, n.; a preparation of this for medicinal or agricultural use. Also attributive.

parillin1825

A steroidal compound of the saponin class obtained from sarsaparilla root. Cf. smilacin, n.

mudarin1829

A bitter poisonous alkaloid present in the root-bark of mudar (Calotropis species).

salicin1830

A bitter crystalline principle obtained from willow-bark, much used medicinally.

sang1843

= ginseng, n.

peppermint camphor1854

= menthol, n.

pareira1855

More fully pareira root: the dried root of any of several tropical American climbing plants of the genus Chondrodendron (family Menispermaceae), or…

savanilla1856

In full Savanilla rhatany. A medicinal preparation made from the astringent root of the Central and South American plant Krameria ixine (see rhatany

euonymin1862

A crude extract of the bark of Euonymus atropurpureus (see quot. 1912).

menthol1862

A crystalline terpenoid alcohol found in peppermint and other natural oils, whose odour and taste produce a characteristic cooling sensation, used…

phytolaccin1864

An alkaloid present in the pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, which acts as a strong purgative and emetic.

alstonia1868

Any of various medicinal preparations made from the bark or latex of plants of the genus Alstonia, esp. the tree A. scholaris of South and South…

agoniadin1870

A bitter compound obtained from two Amazonian forest trees, Himatanthus lancifolius and H. sucuuba (family Apocynaceae), whose bark and leaves are…

guimauve1870

The marsh-mallow, Althæa officinalis; also, the medicinal preparation made from its root.

gelsemium1875

The roots of a plant of this genus (G. sempervirens), or a preparation of them, used as a medicine; also called gelseminum n.

iridin1879

Pharmacology. A substance obtained from the rhizome of the blue flag, Iris versicolor, and formerly used as a hepatic stimulant.

hazeline1880

An astringent medicinal preparation made from the twigs, leaves, and bark of witch hazel, Hamamelis virginica, and used in the treatment of…

tub-camphor1880

camphor imported in tubs (from Japan).

echinacea1887

A medicinal preparation made from the root or other parts of any of several plants of the genus Echinacea (chiefly E. purpurea and E. angustifolia

jacaranda1887

A drug obtained from a tree of the genus Jacaranda.

hamamelin1890

the dried extract.

quillain1890

An aqueous extract of quillaja bark; a glucoside present in this.

vieirin1893

(See quot. 1893.)

thiolin1894

trade-name of a dark-green substance prepared from linseed oil by the action of sulphur.

mentha camphor1902

menthol.

hamamelis1910

A shrub or small tree of the genus so called, which is native to North America and Eastern Asia, belongs to the family Hamamelidaceæ, and…

phytohaemagglutinin1949

A haemagglutinin that is a protein obtained from a plant; a phytoagglutinin; spec. that extracted from the French bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.

adaptogen1966

Any of a group of natural substances, esp. of plant origin, believed to help the body adapt to stress or to return to a more normal functional state…

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