fraxin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Fraxinus + -in.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fraxin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline glucoside found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) at the horse-chestnut. It is faintly fluorescent in alkaline solutions.
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
- aesculin (also found in the bark of the horse-chestnut)
References[edit]
- “fraxin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.