chrysarobin

English

Etymology

chrys- (“gold”) + araroba (“Goa powder”) + -in.

Noun

chrysarobin (usually uncountable, plural chrysarobins)

1. (organic chemistry) A bitter yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chrysarobin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)