释义 |
gentiopicrin|dʒɛntɪəʊˈpɪkrɪn| [f. gentio- combining form of gentian + Gr. πικρ-ός bitter + -in.] ‘The bitter principle of gentian, a colourless crystalline glycoside’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).
1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 55 The active principle is probably the gentiopikrin of Kromayer, a neutral, crystalline substance, of an intensely bitter taste. |