Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puri"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puri \Pur"i\, n. (Chem.)
See {Euxanthin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Euxanthin \Eux*an"thin\, n. [Gr. ? well + ? yellow.] (Chem.)
A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a
strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of
herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a
magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also {puri},
{purree}, and {Indian yellow}.
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