spiraeinn.
Chemistry.
A yellow crystalline powder obtained from the flowers of meadow-sweet ( Spiræa ulmaria).
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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. at Spiræa When the dried flowers of meadow-sweet are exhausted with ether, a colouring-matter called spiræin is dissolved out.
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