geranine
See also: géranine
English
Etymology
Noun
geranine (uncountable)
- (medicine, dated) An astringent obtained from the root of Lua error in Module:parameters at line 848: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. or cranesbill.
- (organic chemistry) A liquid terpene obtained from the cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), with a mulberry odour.
References
- “geranine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “geranine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)