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fraxin - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fraxin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fraxin [ n.]
- A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin.