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2 words match “CATHARTIN”

CATHARTIN n.
It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.
PRINCIPLE n.
an usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc. Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. Gregory. Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See under Bitter, Contradiction, etc.