- calycanthine
- \\-ˈkanˌthēn, -an(t)thə̇n\ noun
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Etymology: New Latin Calycanthus + English -ine: a bitter and poisonous crystalline alkaloid C22H26N4 that is obtained from seeds of plants of the genus Calycanthus
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Woodward, Robert Burns — ▪ American chemist Introduction born April 10, 1917, Boston, Mass., U.S. died July 8, 1979, Cambridge, Mass. American chemist best known for his syntheses of complex organic substances, including cholesterol and cortisone (1951), strychnine… … Universalium
