"black draught" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: black draughts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black draught (plural black draughts)
  1. A cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.
    Sense id: en-black_draught-en-noun-S~0ewnjU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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