The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fraxin \frax"in\, n. [From Fraxinus.] (Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance (C16H18O10) found in the
bark of the ash (Fraxinus), and along with esculin in the
bark of the horse-chestnut. It is structurally a derivative
of a coumarin glucoside. It shows a delicate blue-green
fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin
and fraxoside. --MI-11br/
Syn:
8-([beta]-D-Glucopyranosyloxy)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one;
also,
7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-coumarin-8-[beta]-D-glucoside;
fraxetin-8-glucoside.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paviin \Pa"vi*in\ (p[=a]"v[i^]*[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the
Horse-chestnut family.
[1913 Webster]