tampicin
English edit
Etymology edit
Tampico (“Mexcian port, source of Tampico jalap”) + -in
Noun edit
tampicin (uncountable)
- (archaic, organic chemistry) A resin from Ipomoea simulans, found in Tampico jalap, laxative in small doses, purgative in large ones.
See also edit
References edit
- “tampicin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “tampicin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.