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Webster 1913 Edition


Jamaicine

Ja-ma′i-cine

,
Noun.
[From
Jamaica
.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of
Geoffroya inermis
, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; – called also
jamacina
.
Watts.

Definition 2024


jamaicine

jamaicine

English

Noun

jamaicine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, archaic) A bitter alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree of Jamaica and Suriname.