ZEDOARY
\zˈɛdɔːɹi], \zˈɛdɔːɹi], \z_ˈɛ_d_ɔː_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of ZEDOARY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.
By Oddity Software
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A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.
By Noah Webster.
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zed'[=o]-[=a]-ri, n. certain species of curcuma, natives of India, China, &c., whose root-stocks (rhizomes) are aromatic, bitter, pungent, and tonic, and used for similar purposes with ginger--a powerful sudorific. [Ar. Jedwar.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Kinds (long, round, z.) of aromatic ginger like substance made from root stock of English.-Ind. plants& used in medicine, perfumery, & dyeing. [old French]
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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