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Webster 1913 Edition


Hygrine

Hy′grine

,
Noun.
[From Gr. [GREEK] moist.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (
Erythroxylon coca
), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor.

Definition 2024


hygrine

hygrine

English

Noun

hygrine (countable and uncountable, plural hygrines)

  1. (organic chemistry) A pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.

References

  • Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences III (hæmaphein–mysorin; 1871), pages 222–223, “hygrine
  • NED V (H–K; 1st ed., 1901), § 1 (H), page 493/2, “Hygrine
  • OED (2nd ed., 1989), “hygrine