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xylostein

Today it means: A bitter principle obtained from the berries of the fly honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum) and formerly used in medicine. Full definition →

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From taxonomic name xylosteum + -in.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.