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PARIS

\pˈaɹɪs], \pˈaɹɪs], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of PARIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The chief city of France.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The chief city of France.
A plant common in Europe (quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

It possesses narcotic properties, and was formerly considered a powerful love philter. It is emetic, and is sometimes used externally as a resolvent and anodyne.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Capital of France; P. blue, bright Prussian blue, (also) bright blue got from aniline; P. doll, dressmakers lay figure; P. white, fine whiting used in polishing; plaster-of-P.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

A genus of smilaceous plants.
P. quadrifolia.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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