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Definition of acrid
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Acrid (a.) Sharp and
harsh,
or
bitter
and not, to the
taste;
pungent;
as, acrid
salts..
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Conine
::
Conine
(n.) A
powerful
and very
poisonous
vegetable
alkaloid
found in the
hemlock
(Conium
maculatum)
and
extracted
as a
colorless
oil,
C8H17N,
of
strong
repulsive
odor and acrid
taste.
It is
regarded
as a
derivative
of
piperidine
and
likewise
of one of the
collidines.
It
occasions
a
gradual
paralysis
of the motor
nerves.
Called
also
coniine,
coneine,
conia,
etc. See
Conium,
2..
Asarabacca
::
Asarabacca
(n.) An acrid
herbaceous
plant
(Asarum
Europaeum),
the
leaves
and roots of which are
emetic
and
cathartic.
It is
principally
used in
cephalic
snuffs..
Manchineel
::
Manchineel
(n.) A
euphorbiaceous
tree
(Hippomane
Mancinella)
of
tropical
America,
having
a
poisonous
and
blistering
milky
juice,
and
poisonous
acrid fruit
somewhat
resembling
an
apple..
Strychnos
::
Strychnine
(n.) A very
poisonous
alkaloid
resembling
brucine,
obtained
from
various
species
of
plants,
especially
from
species
of
Loganiaceae,
as from the seeds of the St.
Ignatius
bean
(Strychnos
Ignatia)
and from nux
vomica.
It is
obtained
as a white
crystalline
substance,
having
a very
bitter
acrid
taste,
and is
employed
in
medicine
(chiefly
in the form of the
sulphate)
as a
powerful
neurotic
stimulant.
Called
also
strychnia,
and
formerly
strychnina..
Asbolin
::
Asbolin
(n.) A
peculiar
acrid and
bitter
oil,
obtained
from wood
soot..
Acridness
::
Acridness
(n.) The
quality
of being acrid or
pungent;
irritant
bitterness;
acrimony;
as, the
acridity
of a
plant,
of a
speech..
Hydropiper
::
Hydropiper
(n.) A
species
(Polygonum
Hydropiper)
of
knotweed
with acrid
foliage;
water
pepper;
smartweed.
Anemonic
::
Anemonic
(a.) An
acrid,
poisonous,
crystallizable
substance,
obtained
from, the
anemone,
or from
anemonin..
Galbanum
::
Galbanum
(n.) A gum resin
exuding
from the stems of
certain
Asiatic
umbelliferous
plants,
mostly
species
of
Ferula.
The Bubon
Galbanum
of South
Africa
furnishes
an
inferior
kind of
galbanum.
It has an
acrid,
bitter
taste,
a
strong,
unpleasant
smell,
and is used for
medical
purposes,
also in the arts, as in the
manufacture
of
varnish..
Acrimonious
::
Acrimonious
(a.)
Acrid;
corrosive;
as,
acrimonious
gall..
Smallage
::
Smallage
(n.) A
biennial
umbelliferous
plant
(Apium
graveolens)
native
of the
seacoats
of
Europe
and Asia. When
deprived
of its acrid and even
poisonous
properties
by
cultivation,
it
becomes
celery..
Mordicant
::
Mordicant
(a.)
Biting;
acrid;
as, the
mordicant
quality
of a
body..
Eccoriate
::
Eccoriate
(v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to
abrade;
to gall; to break and
remove
the
cuticle
of, in any
manner,
as by
rubbing,
beating,
or by the
action
of acrid
substances..
Nicotine
::
Nicotine
(n.) An
alkaloid
which is the
active
principle
of
tobacco.
It is a
colorless,
transparent,
oily
liquid,
having
an acrid odor, and an acrid
burning
taste.
It is
intensely
poisonous..
Mezereon
::
Mezereon
(n.) A small
European
shrub
(Daphne
Mezereum),
whose acrid bark is used in
medicine..
Chelerythrine
::
Chelerythrine
(n.) An
alkaloidal
principle
obtained
from the
celandine,
and named from the red color of its
salts.
It is a
colorless
crystalline
substance,
and acts as an acrid
narcotic
poison.
It is
identical
with
sanguinarine..
Cantharidin
::
Cantharidin
(n.) The
active
principle
of the
cantharis,
or
Spanish
fly, a
volatile,
acrid,
bitter
solid,
crystallizing
in
four-sided
prisms..
Water Celery
::
Water
celery
() A very acrid herb
(Ranunculus
sceleratus)
growing
in
ditches
and wet
places;
--
called
also
cursed
crowfoot.
Grasshopper
::
Grasshopper
(n.) Any
jumping,
orthopterous
insect,
of the
families
Acrididae
and
Locustidae.
The
species
and
genera
are very
numerous.
The
former
family
includes
the
Western
grasshopper
or
locust
(Caloptenus
spretus),
noted for the great
extent
of its
ravages
in the
region
beyond
the
Mississippi.
In the
Eastern
United
States
the
red-legged
(Caloptenus
femurrubrum
and C.
atlanis)
are
closely
related
species,
but their
ravages
are less
important.
They are
closely
related
to the
migratory
locusts
o
Toad
::
Toad (n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
batrachians
belonging
to the genus Bufo and
allied
genera,
especially
those of the
family
Bufonidae.
Toads are
generally
terrestrial
in their
habits
except
during
the
breeding
season,
when they seek the
water.
Most of the
species
burrow
beneath
the earth in the
daytime
and come forth to feed on
insects
at
night.
Most toads have a
rough,
warty skin in which are
glands
that
secrete
an acrid
fluid..
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