A kind of gum. In 18th cent. = gamboge, n. adj.; also gutta gamandra, gutta gamba. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun] > gum resins (18) guttaa1398 A kind of gum. In 18th cent. = gamboge, n. adj.; also gutta gamandra, gutta gamba. Obsolete. mastica1398 An aromatic gum or resin which exudes from the bark of the lentisk or mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus (sense 2), used chiefly in making varnishes… olibanuma1398 An aromatic gum resin obtained from trees of the North African genus Boswellia (family Burseraceae), esp. Boswellia sacra, formerly used as a… opopanaxa1400 A fetid gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium (a yellow-flowered plant of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) of southern Europe)… serapinec1400 = sagapenum, n. olibanc1440 = olibanum, n. tragacanth1558 A whitish gum, partially soluble in water, obtained from several shrubs of the genus Astragulus (see sense 2), used as a binding agent, and… gum tragacanth1562 = tragacanth, n. 1. Also: a plant yielding this gum (rare). tacamahac1577 An aromatic resin, used for incense, and formerly extensively in medicine: (a) (originally) that yielded by a Mexican tree, Bursera (Elaphrium) tome… seraphium1582 ? = serapine, n. bdellium1585 The gum resin thus procured. sagapenum1597 A gum resin, the solidified juice of Ferula persica, formerly used as an antispasmodic and emmenagogue, or externally. Also gum sagapenum. liquidambar1598 A resinous gum which exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua. Called also copalm balsam. lignum vitae1611 The resin obtained from this tree; = guaiacum, n. 3. gamboge1615 A gum resin obtained from various trees of the genus Garcinia (see sense A. 2), used as a yellow pigment or dye, and also (now historical) as a… sagapen1712 = sagapenum, n.; also the plant producing sagapenum. stacte1715 Pharmacology. Formerly applied arbitrarily to liquidambar, n. and perhaps other preparations (the meaning in quot. 1715 is obscure). Obsolete. angico1821 The tropical South American leguminous tree Parapiptadenia rigida, which is the source of a gum similar to gum arabic, and of useful timber and… |
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