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From French Pelletier + -ine, after Bertrand Pelletier, French chemist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge. Full definition →
From French Pelletier + -ine, after Bertrand Pelletier, French chemist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.