单词 | dambonite |
释义 | damboniten. Chemistry. A sweet white crystalline substance (C4H8O3) found in a kind of caoutchouc obtained from a plant growing near the Gaboon in Western Africa. ΚΠ 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. x. 121 The caoutchouc of Africa is obtained from a vine (called dambo by the natives).] 1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 541 The exuded juice, coagulated by exposure to the air, is kneaded into loaves called by the natives n'dambo..Dambonite is white, easily soluble in water and in alchohol of ordinary strength, sparingly soluble in absolute alcohol. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1879 |
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