Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chrysophanic acid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (
Rumex crispus ) and identical withchrysophanic acid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A yellow
crystalline substance found in theroot of yellowdock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.
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Most of them chemically furnish "rumicin," or crysophanic acid, which is highly useful in several chronic diseases of the skin among scrofulous patients.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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