"Lupulin" is a word in ENGLISH
A bitter principle extracted from hops.
The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles
or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle.
The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
Read the complete definitionA bitter purgative principle in aloes.
Read the complete definitionA bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).
Read the complete definitionAn active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.
Read the complete definitionA bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or …
Read the complete definitionA bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
Read the complete definitionThe active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
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 definitionThe active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
Read the complete definitionA bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.
Read the complete definitionA dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant.
Read the complete definitionThe active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica …
Read the complete definitionA white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Read the complete definitionThe bitter principle of the holly.
Read the complete definitionA milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar …
Read the complete definitionA bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with …
Read the complete definitionA bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.
Read the complete definitionThe bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite.
Read the complete definitionA bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several …
Read the complete definition