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Apomorphine
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Arnicine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Azedarach
noun · 78% connection
A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and B…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Banyan
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Berberine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Bibirine
noun · 78% connection
See Bebeerine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Box
noun · 78% connection
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Boxen
adjective · 78% connection
Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Boxwood
noun · 78% connection
The wood of the box (Buxus).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Buttonwood
noun · 78% connection
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
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, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Chelerythrine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substanc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
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, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Cotarnine
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Crotonine
noun · 78% connection
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
Duboisine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It prod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, buxus, sempervirens, common.
