ˌlinəˈma(a)rə̇n, -mer- noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary lin- (from Latin linum flax) + amar- (from Latin amarus bitter) + -in; originally formed as French linamarine — more at linen , amaroid
: a bitter crystalline cyanogenetic glucoside (CH 3 ) 2 C(CN)OC 6 H 11 O 5 occurring especially in flax and the lima bean and yielding acetone cyanohydrin and glucose on hydrolysis — called also phaseolunatin