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Where does “eserine” come from?

eserine (English) comes from French ésérine, from French éséré, from English Calabar bean — The seed of a tropical leguminous plant,...

eserine (English): An alkaloid C₁₅H₂₁N₃O₂, originally extracted from...

Definitions

  1. An alkaloid C₁₅H₂₁N₃O₂, originally extracted from...

Ancestry of “eserine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchésérine—
2Frenchéséré—
3EnglishCalabar beanThe seed of a tropical leguminous plant,...
Every word from English Calabar bean →