rumicin

English

Etymology

Rumex +‎ -in

Noun

rumicin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock or curled dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “rumicin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• muricin