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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ammoniac
ammoniac
n : the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant [syn:
gum ammoniac]
ammoniac
adj : pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia [syn:
ammoniacal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ammoniac
Ammoniac
\Am*mo"ni*ac\, Ammoniacal
\Am`mo*ni"a*cal\, a.
Of, pertaining, or containing ammonia, or possessing its
properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
[1913 Webster]
Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia
is used as the motive force.
Sal ammoniac [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called
chloride of ammonium, and formerly
muriate of ammonia.
[1913 Webster]
Ammoniac
\Am*mo"ni*ac\(or Gum ammoniac
\Gum` am*mo"ni*ac\, n.
[L. Ammoniacum, Gr. ? a resinous gum, said to distill from a
tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See
Ammonite.] (Med.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
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