"Bilocular" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... describes the anda as a fine tree (Johanesia princeps, Euphorbiaceae), with numerous branches and persistent leaves, growing in different parts of Brazil, and known under the name of "coco purgatif." The fruit is quadrangular, bilocular, with two kernels, which on analysis yield an active principle for which the name "Johaneseine" is proposed. This is a substance sparingly soluble in water and alcohol, and insoluble in chloroform, benzine, ether, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 • Various |
