bebeerine

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

nounPharmacology.

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

Origin of bebeerine

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

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How to use bebeerine in a sentence

This is the sulphate of bebeerine of commerce, and the one usually employed in medicine.
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British Dictionary definitions for bebeerine

bebeerine

/ (bəˈbɪəriːn, -rɪn) /

noun

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

Origin of bebeerine

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

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