stomachic

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Calumba, ka-lum′ba, n. the root of an East African plant, extensively used in medicine as a stomachic and tonic.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

But the appeal of music and colour need not be so detailedly stomachic as that.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert

Canella Bark is an aromatic stimulant, and forms a good stomachic.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

It was reserved to Simps alone to miss the shining mark by reason of stomachic distortion.

From The Story of the Raising and Organization of a Regiment of Volunteers in 1862 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the District of Columbia, War Papers 46 by Spear, Ellis

Lady Janet was meanwhile deep in the formation of a stomachic, which, judging from the maid's face as she tasted it, must needs have been of the pungent order.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James