Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to frangulin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (
Rhamnus Frangula ) of the buckthorn. - adjective (Chem.) a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.
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Examples
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It is analogous to quinon and resembles in many particulars chrysophanic and frangulic acids.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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