kamala
suomi-englanti sanakirjakamala englanniksi
dire, dreaded
awful, frightful
shitty
god-awful
horrid
abominable, dreadful
horrible
ghastly
(senseid) A small or medium-sized tree ((taxfmt)) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.
(syn)|(vern)|(vern)|(vern)|(vern)|red kamala|(vern)
(senseid) An orange or red powder obtained from the fruit capsules of this plant, used as dyestuff for colouring silk or wool, and employed as an anthelmintic.
(quote-journal) he stated that the chief points to be observed in the treatment (q-g) were: a preliminary starvation of twenty-four hours, and the administration of a combination of kamala and male fern—namely, two drachms of kamala to be rubbed up with a little gum-and-water till an emulsion is formed, and then two drachms of oil of male fern to be added, and the whole triturated in a mortar, (..)
(quote-book) von Mueller|title=Select Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture or Naturalisation in Victoria|location=Melbourne|publisher=M‘Carron, Bird & Co.|page=124|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/selectplantsread00muel/page/124/mode/2up?q=kamala|passage=Mallotus Philippinensis, J. M. (..) Though not of great importance this bush should not be passed on this occasion, inasmuch as the powdery substance investing the seed capsules constitutes the Kamala, which can be employed not only as an orange dye, but also as an anthelmintic remedy. The Hindoo silk-dyers use it for an orange colour, obtained by boiling the Kamala with carbonate of soda.
(quote-book) Lewis Diehl|chapter=Report on the Progress of Pharmacy. From July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907|title=Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting Held at New York, N. Y., September, 1907(nb..)|location=Baltimore|publisher=American Pharmaceutical Association|page=815|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsamer06meetgoog/page/814/mode/2up?q=%22kamalas%22|passage=In a recent examination of commercial kamalas, the mean percentage of ash found was 35.17 per cent., using a platinum crucible and as high a temperature as a common Bunsen burner would supply.
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