• The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous
    plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the
    form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into
    masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed
    by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in
    spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and
    resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.


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