Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name originally given by Pelletier and Caventon to strychnine.
- noun A name given by Pallas to a crystalline substance obtained from the bark of the olive-tree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry, obsolete
strychnine
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Examples
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The Academie, however, has recognized the existence of salicine, but salicine, asparagine, vauqueline, and digitaline are not really discoveries — —”
The Magic Skin 2007
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The Academie, however, has recognized the existence of salicine, but salicine, asparagine, vauqueline, and digitaline are not really discoveries ---- "
The Magic Skin Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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