Euphorbiumn.
/juːˈfɔːrbɪəm/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]
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essell1527
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cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
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welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
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spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
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mole-tree1864
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caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 67 His Shield..freng'd about with sprigs of Scammonie, And of Euphorbium, forged cunningly.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §639 Euphorbium also hath a Milke..not very white, which is of a great Acrimony.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 326 The Trees I observ'd here, were Lignum Vitæ, Birch..Euphorbium.
1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (1803) 130 Succulent kinds..such as..euphorbiums.
2. A gum resin obtained from certain succulent species of Euphorbia. It is an extremely acrid substance, formerly used as an emetic and purgative. The powder causes violent sneezing.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > drastic purgative or emetic > plant-derived purgative or emetic
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ipecac1855
apomorphia1869
mocha senna1882
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A) 43 To drie bodies he muste be medlid wiþ a litil euforbium [printed enforbium].
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.iiiiv He..spake To a prentes for a penyworth of vforbyum.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xvi. 117 Another [pocket] he had all full of Euphorbium, very finely pulverised..shaking it [sc. his handkerchief] hard at their nose, [he] made them sneeze for foure houres without ceasing.
1761 Dr. Willis in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 663 She took..two ounces of the tincture of euphorbium.
1860 W. J. Hooker & Arnott Brit. Flora (ed. 8) 291 Euphorbia officinarum, antiquorum and canariensis give the euphorbium of the shops.
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