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sinigrin
[
sin
-i-grin]
/ˈsɪn ɪ grɪn/
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noun
,
Chemistry.
1.
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KC
1
0
H
1
6
NO
9
S
2
⋅H
2
O, found chiefly in the seeds of the black mustard, that deters some insect predators.
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Also called
potassium myronate
.
Origin of
sinigrin
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1875-1880
1875-80;
<
New Latin
Sin(apis n)igr(a
) species yielding black mustard seed (literally, black mustard; see
sinapine
,
Negro
) +
-in
2
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