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English
Etymology
From translingual Achillea + -ine.
Noun
achilleine (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C20H38N2O15) found in plants of the genus Achillea.
1854, John King, The American Eclectic Dispensatory, page 154:The two, mixed and evaporated, yield about seven ounces of achilleine.
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Translations
- Finnish: akilleiini
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- Polish: achileina f
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- Russian: ахиллеи́н m (axilleín)
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