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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraxin \Frax"in\, n. [From {Fraxinus}.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash ({Fraxinus}) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also {paviin}.
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