eucalyn Chem.
(ˈjuːkəlɪn)
[f. eucaly-ptus + -in.]
‘A saccharine substance, produced in the fermentation of melitose (the sugar of the eucalyptus), under the influence of yeast’ (Watts Dict. Chem.).
| 1864 H. Spencer Biol. I. 11 Starch, sugar, eucalyn, sorbin [etc.], are polymeric. 1878 Kingzett Anim. Chem. 404. |