Um`bel*lif"er*one (?), n. (Chem.)
A tasteless white crystalline substance,
C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain
plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of
certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida,
etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-
coumarin.
Um`bel*lif"er*one (?), n. (Chem.)
A tasteless white crystalline substance,
C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain
plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of
certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida,
etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-
coumarin.
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