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Formic   /fˈɔrmɪk/   Listen
Formic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or derived from ants.
2.
Of or containing or derived from formic acid.



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"Formic" Quotes from Famous Books



... chemical research that the Wild Carrot possesses a particular volatile oil, which promotes copious expectoration for the relief of asthmatic cough; that the Nettle is endowed in its stinging hairs with "formic acid," which avails to arrest bleeding; that Boxwood yields "buxine," a specific stimulant to those nerves of supply which command the hair bulbs; that Goosegrass or Clivers is of astringent benefit in cancer, because of its "tannic," "citric," and "rubichloric ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


Words linked to "Formic" :   ant


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