Search the Dictionary

A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.

A valatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.

A yellow oil liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.…

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.

A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.

ch it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

ard course or direction; to build. -- To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a race" Cowper. (b) To have influence.

An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.

A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorus and insipid. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.

One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystaline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.

A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison.…

A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [Written also cedren.]

A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol. Watts.

A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. Balfour.