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jamaicine

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Etymology

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From Jamaica +‎ -ine.

Noun

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jamaicine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, archaic) A bitter alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Andira inermis, a leguminous tree of Jamaica and Suriname.
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