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citrin

American  
[si-trin] / ˈsɪ trɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

  1. bioflavonoid.

citrin British  
/ ˈsɪtrɪn /

noun

  1. another name for vitamin P

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Etymology

Origin of citrin

1935–40; < German Citrin; citrus, -in 2

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P. corky, plane, base gibbous, scabrid, zoned and radiately rugulose, yellow then dingy; g. thin, distant, forked, anastomosing behind, citrin then umber.

From Project Gutenberg

P. plane or depr. even, yellow brown then paler; g. citrin; s. bay towards fusiform rooting base, with a purplish tomentose ring.

From Project Gutenberg

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