Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as inulin.
  • noun A colorless, pulverulent, levorotatory compound, C6H10O5, contained in the white or red sea-onion or squill, Urginea Scilla. It is probably identical with achroödextrine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroödextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A mucilaginous carbohydrate extracted from squill.

Etymologies

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Latin sinister left, because it is levorotatory.

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