Chem. Also -ine. [a. F. syringine, f. Syringa, generic name of the lilac: see -IN1.] A white crystalline substance, C17H24O9, obtained from the lilac, Syringa vulgaris.
1843. Chem. Gaz., 1 Jan., 132. Syringine is insoluble in æther.
1901. Dorland, Med. Dict. (ed. 2), Syringin … is used as an antiperiodic in malaria.
