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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A very bitter, brown, resinous compound, C34H56O21, found in several plants of the heath family, in Arctostaphylos Uvaursi, and in Ledum palustre.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A glucoside found in the bearberry (and other ericaceous plants).

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