phycite

Definitions

Erythritol, C₄H₆(OH)₄, that has been obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The elementary composition of phycite is as follows: — Carbon 39.33 Hydrogen 8.25 Oxygen 52.46 which is represented by the formula C¹² H¹⁵O¹², in consequence of its relations...”

“Phycite is a saccharine substance obtained from an Alga, the Protococcus vulgaris, known under the name⟳ “Phycie.””

“Although this new substance, phycite, (as he calls it) is very sweet, M. Lamy objects to its being called a sugar.”

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