vicine

Definizioni

An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa), as well as other species of Vicia. It is a white crystalline substance.

Equivalenti

Esempi

“it's difficult to apprehend , but that these avennues should in a short time be stopped up by the pressure of other parts of the matter , through its natural gravity , or other alterations made in the Brain : And the opening of other vicine passages might quickly obliterate any tracks of these ; as the making of one hole in the yielding mud , defaces the print of another near it”

Livello QCER