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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A glucoside, C9H18O7, found in the yellow lupine. It is crystalline, optically inactive, and melts at 140–142° C. It yields galactose on hydrolysis.
  • noun A variety of white natrolite occurring in Scotland in colorless acicular crystals.

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