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Webster 1913 Edition

Sinigrin

Sin′i-grin

,

Noun.

[From NL.

Sinapis nigra

.]

(Chem.)

A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (

Brassica nigra

, formerly

Sinapis nigra

) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.