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A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white,
crystalline substance.
Most of what is now “bitter” for our old nature is going to be useful for our nature
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The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; …
Read the complete definitionThe bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also …
Read the complete definitionA glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.
Read the complete definitionThe active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
Read the complete definitionA glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
Read the complete definitionA white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste …
Read the complete definitionA white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.
Read the complete definitionA glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of …
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Read the complete definitionA white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
Read the complete definitionA white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).
Read the complete definitionA supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is …
Read the complete definitionA glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See …
Read the complete definitionAn unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
Read the complete definitionA glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
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Read the complete definitionA yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also …
Read the complete definitionA colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with …
Read the complete definitionA bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.
Read the complete definitionOne of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and …
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