Definitions
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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Examples
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The ripe fruit, from which a medicinal tincture is prepared, furnishes euonymin, a golden resin, which is purgative and emetic.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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