EUPHORBIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does euphorbium mean? • EUPHORBIUM (noun)
The noun EUPHORBIUM has 1 sense:
1. an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
Familiarity information: EUPHORBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EUPHORBIUM (noun)
Meaning:
An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
euphorbium; gum eurphorbium
Hypernyms ("euphorbium" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
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