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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: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
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: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
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: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
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: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Cornel
noun · 78% connection
Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf corne…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Cornic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Dogwood
noun · 78% connection
hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
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: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Lecanoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Ligustrin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Malonic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Mandelic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Metaphosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crysta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Nitroprussic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Olivil
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
Orsellinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, principle, obtained, dogwood, cornus.
