Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A volatile crystallizable solid (C20 H26O5) obtained from the plant Asarum Europœum, having an aromatic taste and smell like camphor.
- noun A bitter principle obtained from the plant Asarum Europœum.
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Examples
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By the Anal. of Mr. Rushton, quoted in Griffith's work from the Am. Journal Pharm. x, 81, and more recently of Mr. Proctor, ibid. xii, 177, it is shown that the active principle is an aromatic, essential oil, and that it contains neither asarin nor camphor.
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Bakit ba dito sa atin, kapag may gusto tayong asarin o laitin, tatawagin natin siyang "si kamote"?
blog ni ella 2008
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Bakit ba dito sa atin, kapag may gusto tayong asarin o laitin, tatawagin natin siyang "si kamote"?
blog ni ella 2008
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