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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An amorphous, optically inactive compound, C18H24O2N2, contained in the rhizome of Nuphar luteum.

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  • The leaves and rhizomes contain an abundant amount of tannic acid; an alkaloid resembling nupharin; glucose; metaarabic acid; fat and ash.

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