A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of
Cyclamen Europæum
.
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cyclamin
cyclamin
English
Noun
cyclamin(uncountable)
(organic chemistry) A white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside, but now demonstrated to be a triterpenoidglycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen europaeum.[1]
↑ Jeffrey B. Harborne(10 September 1996)Dictionary of Plant Toxins, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-471-95107-0