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Alcoholate
noun · 78% connection
A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Amarine
noun · 78% connection
A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Anemonic
adjective · 78% connection
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Anemonin
noun · 78% connection
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Asparagine
noun · 78% connection
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Atropine
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Bitterwort
noun · 78% connection
The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Carotin
noun · 78% connection
A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Cascarillin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Chiretta
noun · 78% connection
A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
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: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
Elemin
noun · 78% connection
A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bitter, crystallizable, substance, obtained, gentian.
