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单词 ambrosine
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ambrosinen.

Brit. /ˈambrə(ʊ)sɪn/, /ˈambrə(ʊ)ziːn/, U.S. /ˈæmbrəˌsɪn/, /ˈæmbrəˌzin/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: amber n.2, rosin n.
Etymology: Blend of amber n.2 and rosin n. (so called as the mineral bears a resemblance to both substances), perhaps with remodelling of the ending after -ine suffix5.
Mineralogy. Now rare.
A form of amber known from deposits in South Carolina.
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1870 C. U. Shepard Let. 20 Jan. in Rural Carolinian Feb. 311/1 As it differs from any of the oxygenated hydrocarbons known, I have called it Ambrosine—a term compounded from the two words amber and rosin; to both of which substances it bears a resemblance.
1913 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 85. 66 Substances regarded by certain authors as fossil resins have been described under many names, some of which follow: Amber, ambrosine, ajkite, ambrite, berengelite, [etc.]
1968 Bot. Mus. Leaflets (Harvard Univ.) 22 84 Three spectra of ‘Ambrosine’ from Charleston, South Carolina (USNM collection R7317), were made.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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