Dictionary entry

Theobromine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

The′o‐bro″mine (?), n.(Chem.) An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; — called also dimethyl xanthine.