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▪ I. parthenic, a.1 rare.|pɑːˈθɛnɪk|
[ad. Gr. παρθενικ-ός, f. παρθένος virgin.]
Of or belonging to, or of the nature of, a virgin; fig. unviolated, ‘virgin’, ‘maiden’.
1834Disraeli Rev. Epick iii. xvii, The virgin towers Of Coni, whose parthenic crest a flag Hostile ne'er sullied! 1869J. Eadie Comm. Galatians 91 Through her parthenic maternity, the mystery of mysteries realized—God manifest in the flesh.
▪ II. parˈthenic, a.2 Chem.
[f. L. parthenium, a name of several plants; in the herbalists a species of camomile (Matricaria Parthenium); now, in Botany, a genus of Compositæ: see -ic 1 b.]
In parthenic acid: see quots.
1866–77Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 357 Parthenic acid, the name given by Peretti to the acid which forms in distilled chamomile water after long keeping. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex., Parthenic acid, a non-crystallisable acid occurring in combination with Parthenine in the Parthenium hysterophorus.
So parthenine |ˈpɑːθənaɪn|, Chem. [-ine5], an alkaloid, C19H28NO6, obtained from Parthenium Hysterophorus, an American composite plant, used as a remedy for fever and neuralgia. Also called parthenicine |pɑːˈθɛnɪsaɪn| [f. L. parthenicē = parthenium].
1885Lancet 11 July 86/2 Parthenine..has recently been studied..as a remedy for facial neuralgia. 1888Ibid. 30 June 1312/2 The physiological and clinical trials that have been made with ‘parthenicine’. |