Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amorphous hygroscopic carbohydrate contained in the rhizome of Agropyron repens or couch-grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (
Agropyrum repens , formerlyTriticum repens ) as a white amorphous substance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
carbohydrate isomeric withdextrin .
Etymologies
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Triticum + -in, from a former taxonomic name of quitchgrass, from which it can be obtained.
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Examples
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But no special constituents have been discovered in the root besides a peculiar sugar, a gum-like principle, _triticin_, and some lactic acid.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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