Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name once given to a mixture of substances obtained from senna.
- noun A bitter substance found in buckthorn berries, Rhamnus cathartica.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also
cathartic acid , andcathartina .
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- noun organic chemistry The
bitter purgative principle ofsenna . It is aglucoside with the properties of a weakacid .
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carthartic + -in?
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