Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A glucoside obtained from the Solanum Dulcamara or bittersweet, forming a yellow, transparent, resinous mass, readily soluble in alcohol, sparingly so in ether, and very slightly soluble in water.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See bittersweet, 3(a).

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  • noun organic chemistry A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara).

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dulcamara +‎ -in

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