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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline compound (coloplionin hydrate), C10H22O3 + H2O, formed when that portion of the oil obtained by distilling colophony which boils at 103–104° C. is allowed to stand for some days with water. The free colophonin is also crystalline.

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