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from The Century Dictionary.

noun A brownish-yellow amorphous glucoside, C₃₄H₅₆O₁₆, contained in the root of Ipomæa Turpethum from Ceylon and Malabar.

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The active principle is a resin soluble in ether and a glucoside, _turpethin_, C_34_H_56_O_16_.

The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891

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orderrodentia commented on the word turpethin

Thin with turpentine ... as opposed to thinning with other solvents

August 26, 2009