Meanings
plural gums ammoniac
- countableuncountableSynonym of ammoniacum: A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae).
Particulars of other Gums Ammoniac are given in K.B., 1907, p. 375.
1917, Kew Bulletin, page 2582 more examples
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 256Synonyms: ammoniacum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of ammoniacum: A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae).
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Origin
- Middle Englishgomme armoniacum, gomme armonyak, gum armoniac
- Englishgum ammoniac
From Middle English gomme armoniacum, gomme armonyak, gum armoniac.
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