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Picrolite
Picrolite Pic"ro*lite, n. [Gr. ? bitter + -lite.: cf. F. picrolithe.] (Min.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.
Picromel
Picromel Pic"ro*mel, n. [Gr. ? bitter + ? honey: cf. F. picromel.] (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste. Note: It was formerly supposed to be the essential principle of the bile, but is now known to be a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic and taurocholic acids.
Picrotoxin
Picrotoxin Pic`ro*tox"in, n. [Gr. ? bitter + toxic + -in.] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.

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- Mountain type stratovolcano with lava dome Rock types andesite / basaltic andesite basalt / picro basalt dacite Last eruption 1880; 144 years ago (1880)...
- stains cytoplasm in some variants of M****on's trichrome. In Van Gieson's picro-fuchsine, acid fuchsin imparts its red colour to collagen fibres. Acid fuchsin...
- contrast well with red fibrin in trichrome staining methods such as Lendrum's Picro Mallory and Slidder's Martius, Scarlet and Blue (MSB). It can be combined...
- Tonga–Kermadec Trench or subduction zone. Type Igneous Lithology Primary mafic picro-basalts to dacite last 17 Ma Other Underlying diverse subduction and other...
- between 7.5 to 2.6 million years ago. The composition range is from mafic picro-basalt to dacite with arc-type element patterns intermediate between Pacific...
- (1777–1869) in 1812. The name "picrotoxin" is a combination of the Gr**** words "picros" (bitter) and "toxicon" (poison). A mixture of two different compounds,...
- rock types that can be found are Andesite/ Basaltic Andesite and Basalt/ Picro-Basalt. Cerro la Olla, a youthful cone, is located on the South side of...
- widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Picris is from the Gr**** picros meaning 'bitter', in reference to the bitter taste of some species in the...