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Meaning of XYLOSTEIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xy*los"te*in\, n. [Xylo- + Gr. ? bone.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of
honeysuckle ({Lonicera xylosteum}), and extracted as a
bitter, white, crystalline substance.
 
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