para meconic acid

[COMENIC-ACID.] păr-a-men-is-per-mine, s. [Prefix para-, and Eng. men i spermine (q. v.).] păr Chem.: C18H12NO2. A crystalline body isomeric with men i spermine, obtained from the seeds of Menispermum cocculus . It is insoluble in water, slightly soluble in ether, soluble in boiling alcohol and in dilute acids, and melts at 250°, volatilizing in white vapors which condense like snow on cold bodies. *păr'-a-měnt, s. [Sp. para men to = ornament, from (Lat. paro )=to provide, to adorn.] The furniture, ornaments, and hangings of an apartment for a room of state. ( Weale .)