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Definition: MELETIN

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Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Quercitin": A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Definition: MELETIN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Quercitin": A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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