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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Coumarin \Cou"ma*rin\ (k[oomac]"m[adot]*r[icr]n), n. [F., fr. coumarou, a tree of Guiana.] (Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of {Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata} and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, {C9H6O2}, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially. | |
