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Webster 1913 Edition


Caryophyllin

Carˊy-oph′yl-lin

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Noun.
(Chem.)
A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

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caryophyllin

caryophyllin

English

Noun

caryophyllin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A substance extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.