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Webster 1913 Edition
Absinthin
Ab-sin′thin
,Noun.
(Chem.)
The bitter principle of wormwood (
Artemisia absinthium
). Watts.
Definition 2024
absinthin
absinthin
English
Alternative forms
Noun
absinthin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C15H20O4[1]
Translations
principal compound found in wormwood
References
- absinthin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 6