Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
buxin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the
Buxus sempervirens , or common box tree. It is identical withbebeerine ; -- called alsobuxina .
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- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or commonbox tree, identical withbebeerine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The former chemist proposed the name buxine for all these analogous principles.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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a particular volatile oil, which promotes copious expectoration for the relief of asthmatic cough; that the Nettle is endowed in its stinging hairs with "formic acid," which avails to arrest bleeding; that Boxwood yields "buxine," a specific stimulant to those nerves of supply which command the hair bulbs; that Goosegrass or
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Pelosine or buxine is precipitated by a concentrated solution of HCl, by sal ammoniac, by potassium nitrate and potassium iodide.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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-- Flückiger has isolated a bitter principle analogous to berberin; also _buxine_ and _paracine_, which latter received the name _pelosine_ from Wiggers in 1839.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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