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-ate
unknown · 78% connection
In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Caffeine
noun · 78% connection
a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Crocus
noun · 78% connection
A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Curarine
noun · 78% connection
A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Gelsemine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Harmine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Hydrastine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
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: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
Leucomaine
noun · 78% connection
An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: alkaloid, found, plant, peganum, harmala.
