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Amygdalin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, 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, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
Bitter
verb · 78% connection
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, 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, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
Calumbin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, 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, crystalline, 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, crystalline, 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, crystalline, 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, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
Daphnin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
Elater
noun · 78% connection
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica E…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, crystalline, 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, crystalline, 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, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
Helleborein
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, 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, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
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: white, crystalline, substance, bitter, taste.
