scoparin

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noun

A yellow flavonoid gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius).

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scoparoside
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Meanings

nounscoparin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA yellow flavonoid gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius).

    Scoparin […] is used — chiefly as a constituent of scoparius — for its diuretic action in certain forms of dropsy.

    1895, Henry Martyn Bracken, Outlines of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, page 255

    Synonyms: scoparoside

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA yellow flavonoid gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius).

Similar
scoparoside

Origin

From scoparius + -in.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Scarpinoparsonicacropsin
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APA

scoparin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoparin

MLA

“scoparin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoparin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scoparin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoparin.

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