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单词 elemi
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elemin.

/ˈɛlɪmi/
Forms: 1500s ( gumme) elimi, ( gummi) elennij, 1700s ( gum) elimy, ( elemni), 1600s– elemi.
Etymology: In French élémi, Italian elemi, Spanish elemi, Portuguese gumileme; of unknown (perhaps eastern) etymology; the Arabic name lāmī, cited by some writers, appears, according to Devic, to be known only as a very modern word. The name (gumi elimi) occurs in Vigo's Latin Pratica (Rome 1517).
A stimulant resin obtained from various trees, as Canarium commune (Manilla), Icica Icicariba (Brazil), Elaphrium elemiferum (Mexico), used in plaisters, ointments, and the manufacture of varnish. More fully gum elemi. Also attributive in elemi oil (= elemin n.), elemi resin, elemi tree.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins
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1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iii. f. 104/1 Of mastike .ȝ. vi. of gumme elimi, armoniake dissolued wt wyne ȝ.i. & .g.
1699 Descr. Isthmus of Darian 4 The Tree likewise that affords Gummi Elemi grows here in great Aboundance.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3898/3 The Cargo of the Galeon..consisting of..Jollop, Gum Elemni,..etc.
1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 93 Gum Elimy per 100 weight 05 li. 00 so.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) 'Tis usually called Gum Elemi, tho' very improperly, inasmuch as it takes Fire readily enough.
1831 T. P. Jones New Conversat. Chem. xxviii. 287 The principal resins are common rosin, copal, lac..and elemi.
1859 W. J. Hooker in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) (ed. 3) 427 Elemi is also produced in Mexico, where it is known as Copal.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 664 Elemi tree is imported from Manilla.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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