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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., a substance (C24 H30O7) produced from the root and seeds of the Athamanta Oreoselinum and other species of the same genus of European and Asiatic umbelliferous herbs. It has a rancid soapy odor, and a slightly bitter acrid taste.

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