† myrosperminen.

Forms: 1800s myrospermin, 1800s myrospermine.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Latin Myrospermum , -in suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Myrospermum, name of a genus formerly including the tree ( Myroxylon) from which balsam of Peru is obtained (N. P. Jacquin Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum in Insulis Caribaeis (1760) 4; < ancient Greek μύρον unguent, perfume (see myronic adj.) + σπέρμα seed: see sperm n.) + -in suffix¹, after German Myriospermin (W. Richter 1838, in Jrnl. f. prakt. Chem. 13 170). Compare French myrospermine (1868 in Littré). N.E.D. (1908) enters this under myrospermin and gives the pronunciation as (məi^ərospə̄·ɹmin) /maɪərəʊˈspɜːmɪn/.

Chemistry. Obsolete. rare.

That component of the oil obtained from balsam of Peru which is soluble in alcohol. Cf. myroxyline n.

ΚΠ

1842 J. Pereira Elem. Materia Med. 1561 Richter asserts that oil of balsam of Peru is composed of two distinct oils;—one, called myrospermine, which is soluble in alcohol; the other, termed myroxiline, insoluble in alcohol.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	myrospermine
释义	† myrosperminen. Forms: 1800s myrospermin, 1800s myrospermine. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Latin Myrospermum , -in suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Myrospermum, name of a genus formerly including the tree ( Myroxylon) from which balsam of Peru is obtained (N. P. Jacquin Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum in Insulis Caribaeis (1760) 4; < ancient Greek μύρον unguent, perfume (see myronic adj.) + σπέρμα seed: see sperm n.) + -in suffix¹, after German Myriospermin (W. Richter 1838, in Jrnl. f. prakt. Chem. 13 170). Compare French myrospermine (1868 in Littré). N.E.D. (1908) enters this under myrospermin and gives the pronunciation as (məi^ərospə̄·ɹmin) /maɪərəʊˈspɜːmɪn/. Chemistry. Obsolete. rare. That component of the oil obtained from balsam of Peru which is soluble in alcohol. Cf. myroxyline n. ΚΠ 1842 J. Pereira Elem. Materia Med. 1561 Richter asserts that oil of balsam of Peru is composed of two distinct oils;—one, called myrospermine, which is soluble in alcohol; the other, termed myroxiline, insoluble in alcohol. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1842
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