lophine

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek, referring to the long white crystalline tufts in which it is obtained.

Noun

lophine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde.
   • 1927, Harold Henry Strain, Ammono Aldehydes and Ketones, page 62:

     If we regard lophine as an ammono compound then the conversion of formula III into formula II is an example of the Cannizzaro reaction […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lophine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• pin-hole, pinhole