Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline glucoside, C26H32O11 + 1½ H2O(?), found in the bark of Phillyrea latifolia. When hydrolyzed with dilute acids it yields glucose and phillygenin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
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- noun organic chemistry A
glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance, sometimes used as afebrifuge .
Etymologies
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Phillyrea + -in
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