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Esculin

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Esculin
Esculin Es*cu"lin, n. [See {Esculic}.] (Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the {[AE]sculus hippocastanum}, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. [Written also {[ae]sculin}.] [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
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