crotonine

English

Etymology

croton +‎ -ine

Noun

crotonine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, dated) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, later found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for crotonine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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