euforbe (s.xiii1)
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euforbe (s.xiii1)

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[ FEW: 3,249b euphorbia; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,572c euphorbe; TL: 3,1519 euforbe; DEAF:  euforbe; DMF:  euphorbe; TLF:  euphorbe; OED:  Euphorbia n. / Euphorbium n.; MED:  euforbia n. / euforbium n.; DMLBS: 813b euphorbium ]
ufurbe, 
Lat. euforbium  

s.

1bot.euphorbia, spurge: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ceste poudre receit [...] cardamome, semence de anet, euforbe  330.24
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Faraviun: ufurbe  395.422
2 med.pharm. gum resin obtained from spurge, used as a purgative: 
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1365 )  [E]uforbium si est c[haud] et s[ec] en le .iij. degré, c’est une gumme de un arbre qe crest en Ynde  36.1109
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