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bebeerine

American

[buh-beer-een, -in, beb-ee-uh-reen] / bəˈbɪər in, -ɪn, ˈbɛb i əˌrin /

noun

Pharmacology.

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

bebeerine British

/ bəˈbɪəriːn, -rɪn /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bebeerine

1850–55; < German Bebeerin, equivalent to Bebeer ( ubaum ) bebeeru tree + -in -ine ²

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