absinthin
/abˈsɪnθɪn/ /əbˈsɪnθɪn/Chemistry
noun
An orange crystalline compound that is the chief bitter constituent of common wormwood, Artemisia absinthium.
- Absinthin is a polycyclic sesquiterpene lactone (it was formerly regarded as an alkaloid). Formula: C30H40O6..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Miller's Dictionary Gardening. From classical Latin absinthium absinthium + -ine.
- non-communicant
- noncommunicating
- non-communicative
- non-communion
- non-communist
- non-commutative
- non-commutativity
- noncompact
- non-compearance
- non-compete
- non-competitive
- non-complex
- non-compliance
- non-compliant
- non-complying
- non compos
- non compos mentis
- non-compounder
- non-compulsory
- non-concur
- non-concurrence
- non-concurring
- non-condensing
- non-conducting
- non-conduction