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amarogentin

Today it means: A bitter secoiridoid glycoside found in gentian (Gentiana lutea) and in chiretta (Swertia chirata). Full definition →

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From Latin amar(us) (“bitter”) + -o- + gent(ian) + -in.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.