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vicine

/ˈvɪsɪn/

vicine noun: an alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa), as well as other species of Vicia. It is a white crystalline substance.

Noun

vicine (uncountable)

  1. An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa), as well as other species of Vicia. It is a white crystalline substance.

Adjective

vicine (comparative more vicine, superlative most vicine)

  1. (obsolete) Nearby; neighbouring; vicinal.
    • it's difficult to apprehend , but that these avennues should in a short time be stopped up by the pressure of other parts of the matter , through its natural gravity , or other alterations made in the Brain : And the opening of other vicine passages might quickly obliterate any tracks of these ; as...1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
    • If there may be allowed any general Way of calculating their Time, they happen from the Course of the Sun, as it respects the Æquinoctial only; for if these Æquinoxes prove rainy Seasons all over the World (as I am apt to think they are) whatever secret Cause operates with that Station of the Sun...1724, Captain Charles Johnson, A General History of the Pyrates

Forms of vicine

comparativemore vicine
superlativemost vicine

Origin of vicine

From translingual Vicia + -ine.

Borrowed from Latin vīcīnus.

Words formed from vicine

Questions about vicine

What does vicine mean?
Vicine means an alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa), as well as other species of Vicia. It is a white crystalline substance.
What part of speech is vicine?
Vicine can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce vicine?
Vicine is pronounced /ˈvɪsɪn/.

Words near vicine in the dictionary

  1. vicinal
  2. vicinal diol
  3. vicinal diols
  4. vicinality
  5. vicinally
  6. vicine
  7. vicing
  8. vicinin
  9. vicinine
  10. vicinities
  11. vicinity

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