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Definition of: emodin
(em′ə·din) noun Chem.
An orange–red crystalline glucoside, C15H10O5, obtained from rhubarb, senna, aloes, and various other related plants: used as a cathartic. [<NL (Rheum) emodi, a species of rhubarb (<Gk. ēmōdos Himalaya) + -IN]
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