Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystallizable alkaloid (C21H24N2O.H2O) of Payta bark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.
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- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid obtained from awhite bark resembling that of thecinchona .
Etymologies
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Payta + -ine, from the place in Peru from which it was first brought.
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