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Webster 1913 Edition
Crotonine
Cro′ton-ine
(kr?′t?n-?n)
, Noun.
(Chem.)
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
Watts.
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crotonine
crotonine
English
Noun
crotonine (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, dated) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, later found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
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