(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:35:14

Sum"bul (?), n. [Pers.]

The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

[Written also sumbal.] -- Sum*bul"ic, a.

 

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