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Webster 1913 Edition
Asparagine
As-par′a-gine
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
asparagine
.] (Chem.)
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance,
C4H8N2O3+H2O
, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus
. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; – called also altheine
.