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tomatine
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tomatine [′täm·ə‚tēn]
(organic chemistry)
C50H83NO21A glycosidal alkaloid obtained from the leaves and stems from the tomato plant; the crude extract is known as tomatin: white, toxic crystals; used as a plant fungicide and as a precipitating agent for cholesterol.


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CAPTION(S): DIGGING OUT: John Harrison clearing snow in Tomatin, Inverness; HAZARD: Blizzards on Dundee's Kingsway yesterday
We popped in to the Tomatin distillery just off the A96, and although it's now owned by the Japanese, I can testify the Scotch tastes just as good as it ever did.
We popped in to the Tomatin Distillery just off the A96, and although it's now owned by the Japanese, I can testify that the Scotch tastes just as good as it ever did.
 
 
 
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