| 单词 | doctor's gum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoctor's gum doctor's gum n. now rare any of several tropical trees having gum resin formerly used medicinally; (also) the gum itself; = doctor gum n. ΚΠ 1847 R. E. Griffith Med. Bot. 186 The R [hus] metopium, a West India species, furnishes a gum known as ‘Doctor's gum,’ which, in large doses, is emeto-cathartic, and is said in smaller ones, to be a useful remedy in disorders of the bowels and respiratory organs. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 279 Hog or Doctor's gum, Gamboge tree (Symphonia globulifera). 1946 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 Aug. 298/1 Flourishing throughout the open spaces of the Bahama Islands and in southernmost Florida (where it is also known as ‘doctor's gum’), has attracted little attention outside the immediate vicinity. < as lemmas |
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