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aesculin

aesculin is the alternative form of esculin.

Meaning of esculin

Noun

esculin (uncountable)

  1. A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).

Questions about aesculin

What is aesculin the alternative form of?
Aesculin is the alternative form of esculin.

Words near aesculin in the dictionary

  1. Aesculapian staff
  2. Aesculapian staffs
  3. Aesculapius
  4. aesculetin
  5. aesculic acid
  6. aesculin
  7. aeshnid
  8. aeshnids
  9. aesir
  10. aeslink
  11. Aesop

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