RAISINS

n. pi. RaVnz. Lat., uva pa a [U. S. Ph., 1870], uvce [Br. Ph.]. Fr., raisins sees [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., Rosinen. Dried grapes: the dried ripe, or nearly ripe, fruits of Vitts vinifera; mildly laxative, [a, 35.] Bloom r. Malaga r. dried in the shade, so as to retain the bloom of the fresh fruit. [A, 496; B, 5 (a, 35).] Confection de r. See Confectio SENN^E. Confection de r. purgative (Fr.). See CONFECTIO pa ulata cathartic a. Corinthian r. Fr., r. sees de Cor in the [Fr. Cod.]. The uvce pa es minores of old pharmacopoeias; small bluish-black r. made from grapes formerly cultivated about Corinth and now in the Ionian Islands. [B, 5 (a, 35).]- -Green r. R. dried in the shade; pale green in color. [A, 496 (<x, 35).] Malaga r., Muscatel r. Fr., r. sees de Malaga [Fr. Cod.]. Large, fleshy, purplish-brown r. dried in entire bunches. [B, 5, 18 (a, 35).] R. d'ours (Fr.). See ARCTOSTAPHYLOS uva ursi and PHYTOL ACC A decandra. R. de pa e (Fr.). R. dried upon the vine after the stalks of the bunches have been cut. [B, 173 (a, 35).]- R. purgatifs (Fr.). See Confectio SENNAS. R. sees [Fr. Cod.] (Fr.). See R. Smyrna r. R., originally from the coast of Syria, of a yellowish-brown color and a somewhat musky smell. [B, 5 (a, 35).] Valerian r. Spanish r. prepared from a thicker-skinned grape than the Malaga r.; said to be generally employed in English pharmacy. [B, 5, 18 (a, 35).] [s. 379]