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Fraxin

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(n.) A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; - called also paviin.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fraxin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fraxin.html. 1828.
 
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