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Definitions

Noun

1. 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). uncountable

Etymology

Related to Latin aesculus.

Related phrases

aesculus hippocastanumdaphne mezereumhorse chestnut

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