Definition of Caranna

1. a resinous substance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caranna

caramelly
caramels
caramiphen ethanedisulfonate
caramiphen hydrochloride
caramoussal
caramoussals
caramusa
carancha
caranda
caranda palm
caranday
carangid
carangid fish
carangids
carangoid
caranna (current term)
carannas
caranx
caranxes
carap
carapace
carapaced
carapacelike
carapaces
carapato
carapatos
carapax
carapaxes
caraps

Literary usage of Caranna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analysis of Resins, Balsams and Gum-resins: The Chemistry and Pharmacognosis by Karl Dieterich (1901)
"193.—Williams, Ph. C., 1889, p. 152.—F. Woody, A. d. Ph. 227, p. 186. 22. caranna Resin. Resina caranna. Origin and Habitat.—Idea and Amyris caranna and ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"Ferric chloride produces no precipitate, but colors: Blue: caranna ... Ammonia-water produces a clear mixture with the alcoholic solution : caranna ..."

3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... (HBK) March (I. Carana HBK, I. caranna And.). Brazil. caranna tree. ... from this and other species is called caranna. b. ..."

4. The Family Herbal: Or an Account of All Those English Plants, which are by John Hill (1812)
"caranna arbor. A TALL East Indian tree, and a very beautiful one: the trunk is ... The resin -called gum caranna, us a product of this tree ; it is procured ..."

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