Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A red powder (C16H18O6) formed, together with sugar and a volatile oil, when polychroite is decomposed by dilute acids.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry A natural carotenoid that is found in the flowers crocus and gardenia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora.
- n. A red powder (called also
polychroite ), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See polychroite.
Examples
“The most abundant form, called crocin, is a molecular sandwich of one pigment molecule with a sugar molecule attached at each end.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“There are three molecules that give saffron its distinct characteristics and they are safranal (aroma), picrocroin (bittersweet flavor) and crocin (coloring agent).”
“Apparently there is science behind the myth as recent research suggests that crocin and safranal have measurable antidepressant effects, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2005; 97:281–4.”
“In case of a migraine attack, keep an analgesic like dispirin or crocin handy.”
“a substance called polychroite, or crocin; and its slightly stimulating properties depend upon a volatile oil.”
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