soma

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
soma
    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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster] Somaj
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "soma":
      anatomy, body, bones, carcass, clay, clod, corpus, figure, flesh,
      form, frame, hulk, material body, person, physical body, physique,
      torso, trunk

    

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