hurinChem.|ˈhjʊərɪn| [f.mod.L. Hura, the name of a genus of tropical American plants + -in.] ‘A crystallizable substance, insoluble in water, found in the juice of Hura crepitans or Sand-box tree’ (Syd. Soc.Lex. 1886). [1838T. Thomson Chem.Org. Bodies 292 Of Hurina.]