Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless, very bitter, highly poisonous glucoside, C28H42O8.xH2O, contained in the leaves of Urechites suberecta. It crystallizes in needles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (
Urechitis suberecta ) as a bitter white crystalline substance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
glucoside extracted from theleaves of aplant , Urechitis suberecta.
Etymologies
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Urechitis + -in
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