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Cyclamin

Cyc′la-min

(-m?n)
,
Noun.
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of
Cyclamen Europæum
.

Definition 2024


cyclamin

cyclamin

English

Noun

cyclamin (uncountable)

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