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-ine
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Arabin
noun · 78% connection
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Bloodroot
noun · 78% connection
A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also pucc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Bryonin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Carmine
noun · 78% connection
The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Chelerythrine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substanc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Convolvulin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Curcumin
noun · 78% connection
The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Cyclamin
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europaeum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Dulcamarin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound ta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
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: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
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: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Ericolin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Fallow
adjective · 78% connection
Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Gaduin
noun · 78% connection
A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Glycyrrhizin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
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: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
Hyoscine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pale, yellow, amorphous, substance, alkaloidal.
