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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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
Buxine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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: alkaloid, obtained, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
Colchicine
noun · 78% connection
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
Cornin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
Gelseminic
noun · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resemb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
Gelsemium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has show…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, obtained, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
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, yellow, jasmine, gelsemium.
