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Brant-fox
noun · 78% connection
A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Calendulin
noun · 78% connection
A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Cerasin
noun · 78% connection
A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
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: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Core
noun · 78% connection
The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Corundum
noun · 78% connection
The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Cyclamin
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europaeum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
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: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Demulcent
noun · 78% connection
A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Ecballium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
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: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Emulsion
noun · 78% connection
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
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: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Fisetin
noun · 78% connection
A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Gourd
noun · 78% connection
A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Haricot
noun · 78% connection
The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Hyoscyamine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
Idiom
noun · 78% connection
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, mucilaginous, substance, extracted, seeds.
