Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, resembling a head of the hop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.
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- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid extracted fromhops .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is the rule to judge the strength and goodness of hops by the amount of farina -- the so-called lupuline; and as this contains the major portion of the active constituents of the hop, there is no doubt that approximately the amount of lupuline is a useful quantitative test.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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But here we are confronted by the question whether the lupuline is to be regarded as containing _all_ that is of any value in the hops and the leaves, the organic principles in which pass undetected under such a test, as supererogatory for brewers 'purposes?
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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After twenty-four hours, by means of a Zullowsky filter immersed in the mass, and with the aid of a suction-pump, the dark brown solution is drawn off; then fresh ether is poured on to the lupuline, and it is allowed to stand for another twenty-four hours.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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That in brewing hops cannot be replaced by lupuline alone, even when the latter is employed in relatively large quantities is well known, as also that a considerable portion of the bitter principle of the hop is found in the floral leaves.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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The lupuline is first freed from gross impurities (hop-seed leaves, etc.), and then covered with petroleum ether boiling at a low temperature (40° to 70°) in stoppered flasks.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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Neither can the lupuline be regarded as the only active beer agent, as both the hop-tannin and the hop-resin serve to precipitate the albuminous matter, and clarify and preserve the beer.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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On the other hand, we can readily and quickly attain our object, if we employ for our original material fresh lupuline from unsulphured hops.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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Six kilos of lupuline, which included a large proportion of sand, furnished 400 grammes of crude hop-bitter acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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Another plies him with lupuline, camphor, and digitaline.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Another plies him with lupuline, camphor, and digitaline.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
she commented on the word lupuline
adj., Resembling a bunch of hops.
*Lupulin = Small shining grains of a yellowish colour found under the scales of the calyx of the hop; The bitter aromatic principle contained in the hop, also called lupulite.
August 6, 2008