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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Chem.)

An alkaloidal ureide,

C7H8N4O2

, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from

Theobroma Cacao

) as a bitter white crystalline substance; – called also

dimethyl xanthine

See also: théobromine

theobromine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural theobromines)

(chemistry) An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate and cocoa.

alkaloid