Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline glucoside (C16H22O8 + 2H2O) existing in coniferous woods, and perhaps in all wood-tissue. Also called
abietin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
glucoside ofconiferyl alcohol found inconifers
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Haarmann in 1874 by oxidizing coniferin, a glucoside contained in the sap of various coniferæ, but it now appears to be usually manufactured from eugenol, a phenol contained in oil of cloves.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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