bassorin
(ˈbæsərɪn)
[f. Bassor-a gum + -in.]
An inodorous, colourless, translucent substance, found in Bassora and other gums, insoluble but swelling to a gelatinous state in water.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 265 The nutritive substance called Salep..consists almost entirely of a chemical principle called Bassorin. |