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Webster 1913 Edition

Geranine

{

Ge-ra′ni-ine

,

Ger′a-nine

, }

Noun.

[See

.]

1.

(Med.)

A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the

Geranium maculatum

or crane’s-bill.

2.

(Chem.)

A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (

Geranium maculatum

), and having a peculiar mulberry odor.

[Written also

geraniin

.]