n. Hippocras. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. [ NL. “Named, according to Linnæus, from Gr.
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomœa purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]