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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, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
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, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
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, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
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, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
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: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
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: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
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: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Hesperetin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Inosite
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Ligustrin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Mannite
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Melilotic
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Metaphosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crysta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Myrrh
noun · 78% connection
A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Oleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.
Olivaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, obtained, exudation.