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lupuline

lupuline


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lupulin  \Lu"pu*lin\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  lupulin.  See  {Lupuline}.] 
  1.  (Chem.)  A  bitter  principle  extracted  from  hops. 
 
  2.  The  fine  yellow  resinous  powder  found  upon  the  strobiles 
  or  fruit  of  hops,  and  containing  this  bitter  principle. 
  [Written  also  {lupuline}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lupuline  \Lu"pu*line\,  n.  [NL.  lupulus  the  hop,  fr  L.  lupus  the 
  hop:  cf  F.  lupuline.]  (Chem.) 
  An  alkaloid  extracted  from  hops  as  a  colorless  volatile 
  liquid.