melampyrin Chem.
(mɛlæmˈpaɪərɪn)
[f. mod.L. Melampȳrum (a. Gr. µελάµπῡρον ‘cow-wheat’, f. µελαν- black + πῡρός wheat), the name of a genus of plants in which the substance is found.]
= dulcite. Also Melamˈpyrite.
| 1844 Hoblyn Dict. Med., Melampyrin, a substance obtained from the Melampyrum nemorosum. 1865 Watts tr. Gmelin's Handbk. Chem. XV. 389 Melampyrin. Ibid., Melampyrite. |