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erythrite

Erythrite is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter E for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A colorless crystalline substance C4H6.(OH)4 of a sweet cooling taste extracted from certain lichens and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol erythroglucin erythromannite pseudorcin cobalt bloom and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol corresponding to glycol and glycerin.
(n.) A rose-red mineral crystallized and earthy a hydrous arseniate of cobalt known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.
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