Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bitter principle of the privet, Ligustrum vulgare.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare).

Etymologies

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Ligustrum +‎ -in

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