Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common name of several timber-trees of tropical America belonging to the genus Andira (which see). The angelin-tree of Jamaica, furnishing worm-bark, is A. inermis.
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Examples
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Andira retusa HBK and A. inermis yield the alkaloids berberine and angelin.
Chapter 35 1990
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And I wonder if some kindred fancy might not have inspired the name given by the French colonists to the male palmiste, -- _angelin_ ....
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Raising Mercury (47) angelin (39) icq8928: wow!! its very interesting point of view.
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Raising Mercury (47) angelin (39) icq8928: wow!! its very interesting point of view.
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