ranunculin
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From the intermediary English ranunculus or directly from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus (“small frog”) + -in (“chemical compound”).
Noun
[edit]ranunculin (uncountable)
- An unstable glucoside found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). On maceration, it is enzymatically broken down into glucose and the toxin protoanemonin.