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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of
Geoffroya inermis , a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called alsojamacina .
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- noun organic chemistry, archaic A
bitter alkaloid said to be contained in thebark of Geoffroya inermis, aleguminous tree ofJamaica andSuriname .
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Jamaica + -ine
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