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