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单词 rhoeadine
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rhoeadinerheadinen.

Brit. /ˈriːədiːn/, U.S. /ˈriəˌdin/
Forms: 1800s– rheadin, 1800s– rheadine, 1800s– rhoeadin, 1800s– rhoeadine.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rhoeadine.
Etymology: < French rhoeadine (1837 or earlier) < Hellenistic Greek ῥοιαδ- , ῥοιάς corn poppy ( < ancient Greek ῥοιά , variant of ῥόα pomegranate (perhaps a loanword or perhaps < an ablaut variant of the base of ρεῖν to flow: see rheid n.) + -άς -ad suffix1, perhaps so called on account of its red flowers) + French -ine -ine suffix5, after scientific Latin rhoeas , specific epithet ( Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 507). In sense 2 after German Rhoeadin (O. Hesse 1865, in Ann. der Chem. u. Pharm. Suppl. 4 51).
Chemistry.
1. A red colouring matter found in the petals of the corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Cf. rhoeadic acid n. at rhoeadic adj. Obsolete.
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1838 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) IV. Bot. ix. 103/1 Colouring principles..Rheadine.
2. A mildly toxic alkaloid present in the seed capsules of the corn poppy.Rhoeadine has a polycyclic molecule with six fused rings. Formula: C21H21NO6.
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1867 J. Timbs Year-bk. of Facts 179 In looking for morphia, Hesse has discovered a new Alkaloid called Rhœadine, in the red poppy; it is also to be found..in good opium.
1933 Lancet 4 Mar. 472/1 The common field poppy Papaver rhœas contained only one alkaloid, rheadine, which was practically innocuous.
1954 A. A. Forsyth Brit. Poisonous Plants 23 Although the active principle is rhoeadine, and the opium alkaloids are not present in the red poppy, the symptoms shown by cattle poisoned by it are similar to those after poisoning by opium and white poppy.
1998 K. W. Bentley Isoquinoline Alkaloids xvi. 327 Rhoeadine was easily shown..to contain two methylenedioxy groups, one methoxy group and one N-methyl group present in a tertiary base.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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