geranine

See also: géranine

English

Etymology

Geranium +‎ -ine

Noun

geranine (uncountable)

(medicine, dated) An astringent obtained from the root of Geranium maculatum or cranesbill.
(organic chemistry) A liquid terpene obtained from the cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), with a mulberry odour.

References

“geranine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Geranium+maculatum at The Plant List

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “geranine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)