glucina

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glucina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glucina \Glu*ci"na\, n. [Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called
     because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum.] (Chem.)
     A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element
     glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.
     [1913 Webster]