sambunigrin

noun

sam·​bu·​nigrin

ˌsamb(y)əˈnīgrə̇n,

-nig-

plural -s

: a crystalline glucoside C₆H₅CH(CN)OC₆H₁₁O₅ that occurs especially in the berries of the common elder, that on complete hydrolysis yields benzaldehyde, hydrocyanic acid, and glucose, and that racemizes in alkaline solution to prulaurasin compare amygdalin, prunasin

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Sambucus nigra, species of elder (from Sambucus + Latin nigra, feminine of niger black) + International Scientific Vocabulary -in

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