n :  a violet crystalline pigment C₃₀H₁₆O₈ from Saint-John's-wort that has a red fluorescence and causes hypericism .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  per·so·na  por·cine  pro·zone  pyr·azine 
 
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