Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SANTONIC
SANTONIC San *ton "ic, a. (Chem. )
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid ) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.
New American Oxford Dictionary
santonica
san ton i ca |sanˈtänikə sænˈtɑnəkə | ▶noun the dried flower heads of a wormwood plant, containing the drug santonin. [The plant is Artemisia cina (family Compositae ) of Turkestan. ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin Santonica (herba )‘(plant ) of the Santoni, ’ referring to a tribe of Aquitania (now Aquitaine ).
Oxford Dictionary
santonica
santonica |sanˈtɒnɪkə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the dried flower heads of a wormwood plant, containing the drug santonin. ●The plant is Artemisia cina (family Compositae ) of Turkestan. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin Santonica (herba ) ‘(plant ) of the Santoni ’, referring to a tribe of Aquitania (now Aquitaine ).
Spanish Dictionary
santónico
santónico nombre masculino 1 bot Planta compuesta, olorosa y amarga, cuyas cabezuelas tienen la propiedad de matar las lombrices intestinales .2 bot Cabezuela de esta planta y de otras del mismo género, de las que se extrae una sustancia llamada santonina que tiene la propiedad de matar las lombrices intestinales .
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