Etymology

gentiopicrin

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Today it means: A bitter glycoside ((5R-trans)-5-ethenyl-6-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5,6-dihydro-1H,3H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyran-1-one) found in gentians Full definition →

Ancient Greek πικρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπικρός“bitter”
  2. English todaygentiopicrin

From gentian + Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -in.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπικρός all →

picricpicric acidpicritepicro-picrolitepicropharmacolite

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