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amaroid

amaroid noun: any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).

Noun

amaroid (plural amaroids)

  1. (obsolete) Any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
    • The name Amaroid is suggested for such bodies as these, in order to avoid confusion with glucosides and alkaloids, so many of which are also bitter.1894, Charles E. Sohn, Dictionary of the Active Principles of Plants
    • Picrotoxin is classed by Schon as an amaroid or bitter principle, although by some it is looked upon as a glucoside.1895, Bulletin of pharmacy, volume 9, page 374

Forms of amaroid

pluralamaroids

Origin of amaroid

From Latin amārus (“bitter”) + -oid.

Words formed from amaroid

Questions about amaroid

What does amaroid mean?
Amaroid means any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
What part of speech is amaroid?
Amaroid is a noun.
What is the plural of amaroid?
The plural of amaroid is amaroids.

Words near amaroid in the dictionary

  1. amaritude
  2. amaritudes
  3. Amarna
  4. amaro
  5. amarogentin
  6. amaroid
  7. amaroidal
  8. amaroids
  9. amaroli
  10. Amaronan
  11. amarone

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