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Aloe :: Aloe (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative..

Licorice :: Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes..

Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..

Spissitude :: Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened..

Gambier :: Gambier (n.) The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing..

Spit :: Spissitude (n.) The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum..

Paste :: Paste (n.) A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc..

Inspissate :: Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste..

Scammony :: Scammony (n.) An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic..

Thick :: Thick (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..

Opopanax :: Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic..

Acacia :: Acacia (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic..

Opium :: Opium (n.) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy..

Inspissation :: Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened..

Rohob :: Rohob (n.) An inspissated juice. See Rob.

Inspissate :: Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation..

Asafoetida :: Asafoetida (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

Consistency :: Consistency (n.) A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude..

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