plumbagin Chem.
(plʌmˈbeɪdʒɪn)
[ad. F. plombagine, f. L. plumbāgo (see plumbago) + -ine, -in1.]
The acrid principle of the root of Plumbago europæa. (See plumbago 3.)
| 1830 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. XVII. 385 Plumbagine, a new vegetable substance... M. Dulong has obtained a particular vegeto-principle from the roots of the Plumbago Europæa. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 767 Plumbagin..was discovered by M. Dulong d'Astafort, in the root of the plumbago Europæa, in 1828. 1866 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 685 Plumbagin..crystallises in delicate needles or prisms often grouped in tufts; has a styptic saccharine taste, with acrid biting after-taste. |