SINCE 1828
alkannin
noun
al·kan·nin
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Medical Definition of alkannin
: a red crystalline coloring matter C16H16O5 obtained from alkanet and used chiefly in coloring beverages and fatty and oily pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations
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