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Barrenwort
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Bittersweet
adjective · 78% connection
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Bryonin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Caffeine
noun · 78% connection
A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with gu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Cassumuniar
noun · 78% connection
A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Cocaine
noun · 78% connection
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Colicroot
noun · 78% connection
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Colocynth
noun · 78% connection
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Emetine
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Ergotine
unknown · 78% connection
A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Gelsemine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Gentiopikrin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Ginseng
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Glaucine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Glucoside
noun · 78% connection
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and rega…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Guilding
noun · 78% connection
The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Harmaline
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
Hydrastine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, bitter, yellow, substance.
