geranine
See also: géranine
English
Etymology
Geranium + -ine
Noun
geranine (uncountable)
- (medicine, dated) An astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or cranesbill.
- (organic chemistry) A liquid terpene obtained from the cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), with a mulberry odour.
References
geranine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - geranine at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Geranium+maculatum at The Plant List
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)