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

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

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1bot.euphorbia, spurge: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ceste poudre receit [...] cardamome, semence de anet, euforbe  Pop Med 330.24
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Faraviun: ufurbe  Gloss Arab 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  Pharmacopoeia 36.1109
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