Meanings
nounamaroid (plural amaroids)
plural amaroids
- obsoleteAny bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
Picrotoxin is classed by Schon as an amaroid or bitter principle, although by some it is looked upon as a glucoside.
1895, Bulletin of pharmacy, volume 9, page 3741 more example
The name Amaroid is suggested for such bodies as these, in order to avoid confusion with glucosides and alkaloids, so many of which are also bitter.
1894, Charles E. Sohn, Dictionary of the Active Principles of Plants
Origin
From Latin amārus (“bitter”) + -oid.
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