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Euphorbium

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Eu`phor´bi`um
n.1.(Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifera. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
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Noun1.euphorbium - an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
gum eurphorbium
gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
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They were clad in brilliantly-painted cloths, and the soldiers were armed with the saw-toothed war-club, the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium, the cutlass, the "sima," a long sabre (also with saw-like teeth), and some small battle-axes.
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