laburnic

[Eng. laburn (um); -ic.] Contained in or derived from the laburnum (q. v.). laburnic-acid, s. Chem.: An acid said to be contained, together with cytisine and two neutral bitter principles, in the seeds, bark, and other parts of Cytisus labur num. ( Watts : Dict . Chem . iii. 451.) IMG:content-0302.png:[blocks in formation] (1) Any intricate series of pa ages, though not intended by the builders to form a maze. "A few churches of eminent beauty rose out of a laby rinth of narrow lanes." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iii. (2) Anything intricate to the mind; a problem puzzling to the intellect. (3) Complicated or involved folds. IMG:content-0303.png:[blocks in formation] labyrinth. *lab-ý-rinth, v . t . [LABYRINTH, 8.] To shut up in a maze or labyrinth. ( Keats : Lamia , ii.) labyrinthodont i a