xanthoxylin

noun

xan·​thox·​y·​lin

zanˈthäksələ̇n

plural -s

1

a

: a crystalline phenolic ketone C₁₀H₁₂O₄ obtained from seeds of a shrubby Chinese tree (Zanthoxylum piperitum)

b

: any of several crystalline compounds obtained from the bark of other trees of the genus Zanthoxylum

especially : xanthoxyletin

2

or xanthoxylin extract : a purified alcoholic extract of prickly-ash bark

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary xanthoxyl- (from New Latin Xanthoxylum) + -in

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