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punicin Chem.|ˈpjuːnɪsɪn|
[See -in1.]
†1. [f. L. pūnicum pomegranate.] (See quots.)
1855Garrod Mat. Med. 154 The root-bark [of the Granaceæ] contains..tannin, and a principle called Punicine has also been detected. 1866Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 746 Punicin, an acrid uncrystallisable substance obtained from the bark of the pomegranate tree.
2. [f. L. pūnicus purple.] The colouring matter obtained from the purple whelk (purple n. 3); the purple of the ancients.
1879Schunck in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXV. 595 This colouring matter [formed by insolation from the chromogen of the mollusc]..is not identical with indirubin or any known member of the indigo group, and it being, as I think, a substance sui generis, I propose to call it Punicin. |