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Absinthin

Ab-sin′thin

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
The bitter principle of wormwood (
Artemisia absinthium
).
Watts.

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absinthin

absinthin

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Noun

absinthin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C15H20O4[1]

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References

  • absinthin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  1. 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