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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An uncrystallizable, bitter substance, soluble in alcohol and water, obtained from Euonymus.
  • noun A complex substance precipitated from the tincture of euonymus by adding water.

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

  • noun (Med.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.

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  • noun medicine A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, the spindle tree.

Etymologies

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Euonymus +‎ -in

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