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Definition: FRAXIN

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Noun 1. A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Fraxin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Fraxin \Frax"in\, noun. [From Fraxinus.]. (references)

Definition: FRAXIN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FRAXIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Fraxin \Frax"in\, noun. [From Fraxinus.]. (references)