hurin Chem.
(ˈhjʊərɪn)
[f. mod.L. Hura, the name of a genus of tropical American plants + -in.]
‘A crystallizable substance, insoluble in water, found in the juice of Hura crepitans or Sand-box tree’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886).
| [1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 292 Of Hurina.] |