CYPRINUM (O'LEUM)
\sˈɪpɹɪnəm ə͡ʊlˈiːəm], \sˈɪpɹɪnəm əʊlˈiːəm], \s_ˈɪ_p_ɹ_ɪ_n_ə_m__ əʊ_l_ˈiː__ə_m]\
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Oil of Cypress; prepared of olive oil, cypress flowers, calamus, myrrh, cardamom, inula, bitumen of Judaea, &c. It was formerly employed in certain diseases of the uterus, pleurisies, &c., and was regarded to be both stimulant and emollient.
By Robley Dunglison
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.