hygrine

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/ˈhɪɡɹaɪn/

noun

A pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.

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Meanings

nounhygrine (countable and uncountable, plural hygrines)

plural hygrines

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.

Origin

From hygr- + -ine.

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APA

hygrine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygrine

MLA

“hygrine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygrine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hygrine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygrine.

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