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[Lat. nux (gen it.nucis)=anut; Eng. suff. -in.] Chem. A yellow crystalline substance extracted from green walnut-shells by means of ether. It is insoluble in water, sparingly soluble in alcohol, and sublimes at a little over 100° in reddish-yellow needles. nū-clě-al, nu-clě-ar, a . [NUCLEUS.] Of or pertaining to a nucleus; constituting a nucleus; having the character of a nucleus. nü-clě-ate, nü-clě-āt-ěd, a . [Lat. nucleatus , from nucleo =to become kernelly.] Anat. & Physiol. (of cells): Having a nucleus or central particle. *nū ́-clě-āte, v. i . [NUCLEATE, a.] To gather as about a nucleus or center.