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Webster 1913 Edition


Ulmin

Ul′min

,
Noun.
[L.
ulmus
an elm: cf. F.
ulmine
.]
(Chem.)
A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf.
Humin
.
[Formerly written
ulmine
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Ulmin

UL'MIN

,
Noun.
[L. ulmus, elm.] A substance obtained from the elm tree, of very singular properties. It resembles gum, but is hard of a black color, and considerably bitter. In its original state it is soluble in water, and insoluble in alcohol or ether; but when nitric or oxymuriatic acid is poured into its solution, it changes into a resinous substance no longer soluble in water, but soluble in alcohol.
A substance originally obtained in the state of an exsudation from the elm; but it is found to be a constituent of the bark of almost all trees.

Definition 2024


ulmin

ulmin

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Alternative forms

  • ulmine

Noun

ulmin (countable and uncountable, plural ulmins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation.

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