Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Minute yellowish-brown hairs obtained from the strobili of the hop plant, formerly used in medicine as a sedative.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The peculiar bitter aromatic principle of the hop. Also called lupulite.
- n. An alkaloid found in hops.
- n. The fine yellow powder of hops, which contains the bitter principle. It consists of the little round glands found upon the stipules and fruit, and is obtained by drying, heating, and then sifting the hops. It is used in medicine.
- n. Also humulin, humuline.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted from hops.
- n. The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle.
Etymologies
- New Latin lupulus, hop species (diminutive of Latin lupus, hop plant, from lupus, wolf; see lupine2) + -in. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The part that you don't expect is the yellow flavoring on the interior called "lupulin" which is where the bitter for the beer comes from.”
“Hops contain lupulin, a strong, but safe reliable sedative.”
“Hops can be broken down into two parts: vegetal matter and lupulin glands.”
“The easy answer is that lupulin and the lupulin glands are the yellow stuff you see on the picture to the left there.”
“There are also essential oils trapped in the lupulin.”
“In short, it's the lupulin glands that are the stars of the hop show.”
“The barren and fertile flowers are produced on separate plants: the former being very numerous and paniculated; the latter in the form of an ament, or collection of small scales, which are more or less covered with a fine, yellow powder called "lupulin.”
“The tincture of lupulin is said to be preferable; dose, one to two fluid drachms.”
“The medicinal properties of the hop are said to depend upon the lupulin, a peculiar resinous secretion contained in the glands, which is obtained by thrashing and sifting the strobiles.”
“Finding this far better, I asked Mr. Phillips if he could not prepare for me _lupulin_, or the anodyne of hops.”
Lists
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Old Pharmacy, etc.
This is not an Aubrey/Maturin list.
This is not an Aubrey/Maturin list.
This is not an Aubrey/Maturin list.
There. I think I've convinced myself.
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gentian and bitters
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hernesheir Also lupulite. Nov 17, 2010