Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
glaucescent . - noun A colorless bitter alkaloid contained in the leaves of the horn-poppy, Glaucium Glaucium. It forms crystalline nacreous scales when deposited from water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant
Glaucium flavum , as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. - adjective Glaucous or glaucescent.
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- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid obtained from theplant Glaucium.
Etymologies
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Glaucium + -ine
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