Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tasteless golden-colored compound, C20H22O5, contained in the husk of the fruit of Garcinia mangostana from India. It crystallizes in thin plates melting at 190° C.
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All the hardy seeds, such as creepers, retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage.
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All the hardy seeds, such as creepers, retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage.
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To this the tree replied through the mouth of another man who had climbed a mangostin-tree hard by (the durian-tree being unclimbable), Yes, I will now bear fruit; I beg of you not to fell me.
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To this the tree replied through the mouth of another man who had climbed a mangostin-tree hard by (the durian-tree being unclimbable), "Yes, I will now bear fruit; I beg of you not to fell me."
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All the hardy seeds, such as creepers, retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage.
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To this the tree replied through the mouth of another man who had climbed a mangostin-tree hard by (the durian-tree being unclimbable), "Yes, I will now bear fruit; I beg of you not to fell me."
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There was the delicious mangostin -- of a spherical form.
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All the hardy seeds, such as creepers, retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage.
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Their black dye is commonly made from the coats of the mangostin-fruit and of the kataping (Terminalia catappa).
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For instance, one study performed in Japan showed that the xanthone alpha-mangostin had apparent properties that suppressed the development of tumors.
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