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gum ammoniac en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English gomme armoniacum, gomme armonyak, gum armoniac.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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 a Poetical Narrative, by David Maxwell, M. D., London, page 2:
   • […]an account of the gums ammoniac of Morocco and the Cyrenaica. The latter, which is the gum ammoniac described by Dioscorides, is referred to Ferula marmarica. 1908, Nature, page 256:
   • Particulars of other Gums Ammoniac are given in K.B., 1907, p. 375. 1917, Kew Bulletin, page 258:

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Synonyms

ammoniacum