Bittersweet - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bittersweetCelastrus
the type genus of the Celastraceae comprising the plants called climbing bittersweet bittersweet and shrubby bittersweet they are woody vines and shrubs native chiefly to Asia and Australia bearing yellow to orange capsules which open to expose red coated seeds See also bittersweet3b...
Dulcamarin
A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet Solanum Dulcamara as a yellow amorphous substance It probably occasions the compound taste See Bittersweet 3a...
Felonwort
The bittersweet nightshade Solanum Dulcamara See Bittersweet...
Bittersweet
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet esp sweet with a bitter after taste hence Fig pleasant but painful...
Dulcamara
A plant Solanum Dulcamara See Bittersweet n 3 a...
Glycyrrhizin
A glucoside found in licorice root Glycyrrhiza in monesia bark Chrysophyllum in the root of the walnut etc and extracted as a yellow amorphous powder of a bittersweet taste...
Helleborein
A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste It has a strong action on the heart resembling digitalin...
Solanine
A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade Solanum nigrum and of bittersweet and from potato sprouts as a white crystalline substance having an acrid burning taste called also solonia and solanina...
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