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Bitterwort
noun · 78% connection
The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
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: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
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: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
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: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
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: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Fluorescein
noun · 78% connection
A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Gentianine
noun · 78% connection
A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
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: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Gram method
noun · 78% connection
a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Gram stain
noun · 78% connection
a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Gram's method
noun · 78% connection
a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Gram's procedure
noun · 78% connection
a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Gram's stain
noun · 78% connection
a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Hennotannic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Humin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Leuconic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
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: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.
Meconic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, substance, called, acid.