Dictionary entry

Geraniine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ge‐ra″ni‐ine (?), Ger″a‐nine (?), } n. [See Geranium.]

1. (Med.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.

2. (Chem.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor. [Written also geraniin.]