PHILOSOPHERS' EGG


Meaning of PHILOSOPHERS' EGG in English

noun

1.

a. : the first matter of the philosophers' stone composed of salt, sulfur, and mercury

b. : gripe's egg

2. : a medicine made of saffron and the yolk of an egg and once considered a cure for plague and poison

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