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calabarine

calabarine noun: an alkaloid similar to physostigmine, and occurring with it in the Calabar bean.

Noun

calabarine (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An alkaloid similar to physostigmine, and occurring with it in the Calabar bean.

Origin of calabarine

From Calabar + -ine.

Questions about calabarine

What does calabarine mean?
Calabarine means an alkaloid similar to physostigmine, and occurring with it in the Calabar bean.
What part of speech is calabarine?
Calabarine is a noun.

Words near calabarine in the dictionary

  1. calabans
  2. Calabar
  3. Calabar bean
  4. Calabar beans
  5. Calabari
  6. calabarine
  7. Calabarzon
  8. Calabasa
  9. Calabasas
  10. calabash
  11. calabash chalk

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