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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A white amorphous alkaloid, C21H25N3O2, found in the bark of Pala constricta. Its salts have a blue fluorescence. It melts at 97° C.
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The water will be broad and gold, and darkened here and there into shadows of porphyrine amber.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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