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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink [syn: soma, haoma, Sarcostemma acidum]
2: personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
3: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Sanskrit; akin to Avestan haoma, a Zoroastrian ritual drink, Sanskrit sunoti he presses out Date: 1827 an intoxicating juice from a plant of disputed identity that was used in ancient India as an offering to the gods and as a drink of immortality by worshippers in Vedic ritual and worshipped in personified form as a Vedic god II. noun (plural somata or somas) Etymology: New Latin somat-, soma, from Greek s?mat-, s?ma body Date: circa 1885 1. the body of an organism 2. all of an organism except the germ cells 3. cell body

Britannica Concise

In ancient Indian religion, an unidentified plant, the juice of which was an offering of the Vedic sacrifices. Its stalks were pressed, and its juice, filtered through wool, was mixed with water and milk. After being offered as a libation to the gods, the remainder of the soma was consumed by the priests and the sacrificer. It was highly valued for its exhilarating, probably hallucinogenic, effect. The plant was believed to have been delivered to the earth from heaven by an eagle. The personified deity Soma was the master of plants, healer of disease, and bestower of riches. See also Vedic religion.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 the body as distinct from the soul. 2 the body of an organism as distinct from its reproductive cells. Etymology: Gk soma -atos body 2. n. 1 an intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual. 2 a plant yielding this. Etymology: Skr. soma

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soma So"ma (s[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, the body.] (Anat.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. --B. G. Wilder.

Moby Thesaurus

anatomy, body, bones, carcass, clay, clod, corpus, figure, flesh, form, frame, hulk, material body, person, physical body, physique, torso, trunk