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Asarone
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Betaine
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Borneol
noun · 78% connection
A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Camphor
noun · 78% connection
A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Camphoraceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Caryophyllin
noun · 78% connection
A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Cerin
noun · 78% connection
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Cinchonidine
noun · 78% connection
One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Dryobalanops
noun · 78% connection
The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Eugenin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Glauber's salts
unknown · 78% connection
Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Helenin
noun · 78% connection
A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily materia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
Helleborin
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling tast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, waxy, substance, bitter, taste.
