CEDRIA
\sˈɛdɹiə], \sˈɛdɹiə], \s_ˈɛ_d_ɹ_i__ə]\
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The oil or resin which flows from the cedar of Lebanon. It was supposed to possess great virtues. -Hippocrates, Foesius, Scribonius Largus, Dioscorides. It has been supposed to be the same as the pyroligneous acid. See Pinus Sylvestris.
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