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BERBERINE

Definition: BERBERINE

BERBERINE

Noun

1. An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definitions: BERBERINE

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Health

An alkaloid from Hydrastis canadensis L., Berberidaceae. It is also found in many other plants. It is relatively toxic parenterally, but has been used orally for various parasitic and fungal infections and as antidiarrheal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BERBERINE

English words defined with "BERBERINE": Xanthopuccine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BERBERINE": Berberine Alkaloids. (references)

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Commercial Usage: BERBERINE

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Books

  • Berberine and Huangbo: Ancient Colorants and Dyes (British Library Studies in Conservation Science, Vol 2) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Expression: BERBERINE

Expression using "BERBERINE": Berberine Alkaloids. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BERBERINE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

berberine

11

berberine sulfate

5
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Derivations: BERBERINE

Derivations

Words beginning with "BERBERINE": berberines. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BERBERINE"

Words rhyming with "BERBERINE" (pronounced 'Ber"ber*ine'): Acanthine, Acarine, Acauline, Accipitrine, Acervuline, Acolyctine, Aconitine, Adamantine, Affine, Agatine, Alabastrine, Alanine, Aldine, Aline, Alkaline, Almandine, Almondine, Alphonsine, Alpine, Alumine, Alvine, Amandine, Amanitine, Amaranthine, Amarine, Amethystine, Amine, Amygdaline, Anatine, Andesine, Andine, Angevine, Anguine, Annotine, Anserine, Anticline, Antilopine, Antipyrine, Apennine, Apocodeine, Aquiline, Ardassine, Aricine, Arnicine, Arpine, Arshine, Arsine, Asbestine, Ashine, Asinine. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BERBERINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-e-e-e-i-n-r-r"

-1 letter: berberin.

-2 letters: beerier.

-3 letters: bribee, briber, briner, eerier, ribber.

-4 letters: bribe, brier, brine, eerie, rebbe.

-5 letters: been, beer, bene, bier, bine, birr, bree, bren, brie, brin, erne, rein.

 Words containing the letters "b-b-e-e-e-i-n-r-r"
 

+1 letter: berberines.

 

+2 letters: baneberries.

 

+4 letters: boysenberries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BERBERINE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 52 42 45 52 49 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .    .-.    -...    .    .-.    ..    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 01010010 01000010 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#82 &#66 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 0052 0042 0045 0052 0049 004E 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

363952363952434839

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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