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Webster 1913 Edition


Inocarpin

Inˊo-car′pin

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἴς
,
ἰνός
, muscle +
καρπόσ
fruit.]
(Chem.)
A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (
Inocarpus edulis
).