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alembic
a·lem·bic
[
ə lémbik
]
(
plural
a·lem·bics
)
noun
Definition:
distillation apparatus:
an apparatus formerly used in distillation
[
14th century. Via Old French and medieval Latin
alembicus
< Arabic
al-'anbīḳ
"the still" < Greek
ambix
"cup"
]
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