elixir
Noun
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A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste (synset 114865226)
is a type of: liquid - fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
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Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold (synset 114607050)
is a type of: substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform propertiessame as: philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone
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A substance believed to cure all ills (synset 107899359)
is a type of:
- catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
- potion - a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
subtypes: elixir of life - a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists
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