bebeerine

[ buh-beer-een, -in, beb-ee-uh-reen ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an alkaloid resembling quinine, obtained from the bark of the greenheart and other plants.

Origin of bebeerine

1
1850–55; <German Bebeerin, equivalent to Bebeer(ubaum) bebeeru tree + -in-ine2

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bebeerine

/ (bəˈbɪəriːn, -rɪn) /


noun
  1. an alkaloid, resembling quinine, obtained from the bark of the greenheart and other plants

Origin of bebeerine

1
C19: from German Bebeerin; see bebeeru, -ine ²

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