tampicin

English

Etymology

From Tampico (“Mexcian port, source of Tampico jalap”) +‎ -in.

Noun

tampicin (uncountable)

1. (archaic, organic chemistry) A resin from Ipomoea simulans, found in Tampico jalap, laxative in small doses, purgative in large ones.

See also

• Ipomoea jalapa
• Ipomoea purga

References

• “tampicin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “tampicin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.