Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from the plant Ophelia Chirata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called
ophelic acid ) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Of or pertaining to a
plant , Ophelia, of thegentian family.
Etymologies
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Ophelia + -ic
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