bassorin

English

Etymology

Bassora +‎ -in

Noun

bassorin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An amylose that is a constituent part of a species of gum from Basra ( <= Bassora), tragacanth, and some gum resins.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bassorin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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