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Webster 1913 Edition
Melampyrite
{
Melˊam-py′rin
,Melˊam-py′rite
, }Noun.
[NL.
Melampyrum
cowwheat; Gr. μέλασ
black + πυρόσ
wheat.] (Chem.)
The saccharine substance dulcite; – so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (
Melampyrum
). See Dulcite
.