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Abietine
noun · 78% connection
A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Alcoholic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mix…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Amygdalin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Betaine
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Bilin
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Brazilin
noun · 78% connection
A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Bully tree
unknown · 78% connection
The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yiel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Calumbin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Catechin
noun · 78% connection
One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Cerin
noun · 78% connection
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Cerotin
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Cetrarin
noun · 78% connection
A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Coniferin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Convallamarin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Daphnin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Elater
noun · 78% connection
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica E…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
Erythrite
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decompos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, resinous, substance, extracted.
